I wonder if the DEA pays better than ransomware groups.
There's gonna be a weird market pull for insider threats if this sorta stuff keeps up
@Viss I also wonder whether, in addition to getting the data faster, if buying the data is cheaper than the attorney fees to get a warrant.
@kyle oh dude, by miles. when i worked at twitter i had two fbi agents cozy up to me in an effort to try and get me to slip them details about various accounts they were investigating. they very much did not appreciate it when i told them 'we have an entire department built out for dealing with these requests - trust and safety - and I'm not in that department'
@Viss Well, if it's cheaper, faster, and more effective in all respects, then clearly the practice will continue until/unless it is regulated.
@kyle yup.