@freemo @lonelyowl I see the point you're making but ultimately they are making an argument against all government power. as long as facebook is used and they store the messages, at least in the USA the government absolutely has the power to get a warrant and get that data. the irony is this woman got caught not because of government forcing facebook to store her private messages forever to stop crime, but because facebook already was storing her private messages forever because facebook's entire business model is built on top of surveillance.