If they get a warrant, i am hoping Eccie doesn't comply and turn over IP's..
Originally Posted by garhkal
Would be a little tough. Eccie is not hosted in the US
Originally Posted by oldbutstillgoing
The servers that host the Eccie web site are in the Netherlands, I believe, but the company the provides the hosting service is based in New York, NY. So if LE gets a warrant, it won't be for Eccie directly, it will be for the hosting service. I'm not a lawyer, so I have no idea how it would pan out if that actually happened. As far as I know, however, no law prohibits the hosting provider from voluntarily giving LE any information they ask for. The contract between Eccie and the service provider may include some restrictions to require the service provider to protect the privacy of Eccie, but usually such restrictions have an exception if some type of unlawful activity is involved.
On the other hand, I think GentlemanToo has it backward. It is far too resource consuming for LE to gather all that information ahead of time. (CIA, NSA, etc, may have the resources, but they are unlikely to be using it to search for prostitution.) Once you have attracted the attention of LE, however, they can gather all the information he mentions.