> This would indicate that Amazon has some kind of internal interface for these Emergency Data Requests for law enforcement that just dumps all the data to them immediately without all those barriers to access.
If they scratch the government's back, chances are the government will scratch Amazon's back, too.
> Makes one wonder why that's not also available to Amazon users?
There's a benefit to giving law enforcement whatever they want, but little to no benefit to giving users the freedom to move their data out of Amazon's walled garden.
Amazon is the same company that is creating partnerships with law enforcement agencies all over the country with their Ring products and surveillance network[1][2].
If they scratch the government's back, chances are the government will scratch Amazon's back, too.
> Makes one wonder why that's not also available to Amazon users?
There's a benefit to giving law enforcement whatever they want, but little to no benefit to giving users the freedom to move their data out of Amazon's walled garden.
Amazon is the same company that is creating partnerships with law enforcement agencies all over the country with their Ring products and surveillance network[1][2].
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/31/22258856/amazon-ring-part...
[2] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/amazon-ring-must-end-i...