I meant the general practice of government snoops getting non-e2e customer data from FAANG et al.
People get upset or outraged about warrantless stuff, and they should, but it's important to remember that even search warrants in the USA are essentially rubber stamp (unless they specify like "every photo posted to instagram on x date" or some other obviously overbroad thing). The companies' own transparency reports show the scale of warrants/etc versus NSLs, FISA orders, and the other warrantless stuff people take issue with.
Even without FISA 702 (aka PRISM), National Security Letters, et c, providers having huge, long term, comprehensive non-e2e troves of our data (ie gmail, instagram) is a hazard due to search warrants and of course the insane third party doctrine.
People get upset or outraged about warrantless stuff, and they should, but it's important to remember that even search warrants in the USA are essentially rubber stamp (unless they specify like "every photo posted to instagram on x date" or some other obviously overbroad thing). The companies' own transparency reports show the scale of warrants/etc versus NSLs, FISA orders, and the other warrantless stuff people take issue with.
Even without FISA 702 (aka PRISM), National Security Letters, et c, providers having huge, long term, comprehensive non-e2e troves of our data (ie gmail, instagram) is a hazard due to search warrants and of course the insane third party doctrine.