-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Mark Newton <new...@internode.com.au> wrote:
> > On 04/02/2011, at 2:13 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > >> An armed FBI special agent shows up at your facility and tells your >> ranking manager to "shut down the Internet". > > Turn off the room lights, salute, and shout, "Mission Accomplished." > The FBI dude with the gun won't know the difference. > No. The correct answer is that in the U.S., if the Agent in question has a valid subpoena or N.S.L., you must comply. If he doesn't, then you do not have to comply. I cannot answer for any other jurisdiction. Also, make sure you have staff attorneys well-versed in Internet law -- you'll need them either way. - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFNS4sCq1pz9mNUZTMRAu1EAKCMTVfXnYlbzjpyrKNfiW1grhaUgwCfQTos KDDZdBA0Xd/2cy0Wx9qf3gc= =vNsc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/