[DoughtyOne]

This should have to hit the SCOTUS before Apple releases a single person’s information.

[Mariner]

Apple and Google will release it right away, and without a fight.

[Cboldt]

Most people would be shocked and angry to find out how much the government can and does get without a warrant. National Security Letters, as well as the sort of informal cooperation noted in this article. It is NOT unprecedented, it did NOT start with Obama.

The people who gravitate to these offices do so because they like power. Snooping occurs to the extent that technology enables it. The legal impediments are a farce.