The warning is a rare admission from the FBI about the threat from fake emergency data requests submitted by hackers with access to police email accounts.

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        Unless you have a legal team, you’re powerless and it’s CYA. I wonder who that structure benefits, possibly those with money and access to legal teams?

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      Seriously, corporations, it’s a free pass! “Sorry, we can’t release any customer information without a court order due to the legal liability if we were to release the information to a an unknown party acting fraudulently.”

      Although, I have to ask (although I’m pretty sure of the answer); are some companies just giving up whatever information is requested to anyone with a .gov address? What if its spoofed, or typosquatted?

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        Just because they found a stupid loophole doesn’t make it any more acceptable. They’re using our tax dollars to pay corporations that are spying on us, for our information. What they should be doing in a functional world is outlawing the companies from spying on us to begin with.