Can I just say I happen to agree that the police don't have a right to ask for user data like this, regardless of the reason, much less a foreign country asking for the user data of a forum in another country which has no obligation to adhere to foreign laws.Australian/NZ ISPs now blocking 4chan, 8chan, zerohedge, kiwifarms, etc... after Kiwi Farms and others refused to assist the ivestigation by turning over the shooter's data.
Seriously if I was on a forum or site and I found out those in charge of the site were willing to hand over user data, no questions asked, when the police or government wanted it because of something one or a few members did I'd have issue with it.
And New Zealand police asking for the data seems inappropriate when they have no sort of warrant or court order (and again a site in the US does not have to submit to laws outside the US).
It's like asking for a developer to put in a back door for encryption or security software for government use, which police and governments have actually tried to get done.
Compromising privacy or security because of potential or past crime of a minority of people or singular person using a software or service committing criminal acts does not sit right with me.
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