Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan says that following a legal process, the Federal Bureau of Investigations has gained access to data in her Google account. Google itself informed her of the data release this week noting that due to a court order, the company wasn't allowed to inform her sooner. [...] Sci-Hub has also accrued many high-powered enemies. These are not limited to major publishing houses angry at their content being distributed for free. Founder Alexandra Elbakyan is also a person of interest to elements of the US government’s intelligence and security services, which appear to be conducting an investigation into the computer security expert. # Elbakyan’s Apple Account Compromised In May 2021, Elbakyan received an email from Apple (via her Gmail account) advising her that in 2019, Apple had received a request from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) that requested “information” from her Apple account. Quite what information the FBI requested wasn’t made clear but Apple did advise the Sci-Hub founder that due to the nature of the request, Apple was only allowed to provide “delayed notice” to Elbakyan. [...] # Google Now Confirms It Too Handed Over Data to the FBI In January 2021, Twitter suspended the official Sci-Hub account so when site updates are published, they now tend to appear on Elbakyan’s personal account. A new tweet this week reveals that Google was also required to hand over her account data. In an email to Elbakyan dated March 2, 2022, Google advises that following a legal process issued by the FBI, Google was required to hand over data associated with Elbakyan’s account. Exactly what data was targeted isn’t made clear but according to Google, a court order required the company to keep the request a secret. “Google received and responded to legal process issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation compelling the release of information related to your Google account,” the email reads. “A court order previously prohibited Google from notifying you of the legal process. We are now permitted to disclose the receipt of the legal process to you.” https://torrentfreak.com/fbi-gains-access-to-sci-hub-founders-google-account... Da notare come Alexandra Elbakyan [1] NON sia cittadina statunitense. L'email di Google non riporta la data in cui la richiesta è stata accettata e quali dati (tipologia e periodo temporale) siano stati forniti all'FBI. Ma poiché l'identificativo del procedimento FBI riportato dalla notifica di Google coincide con quello riportato dalla notifica di Apple (18-GI-3650) sappiamo che la richiesta risale al febbraio 2019. Voi che ancora usate i software di queste aziende, mi raccomando: cercate di non dire, pubblicamente o privatamente, scrivere, andare in luoghi, visitare siti o più in generale fare cose che possano urtare efficacemente gli interessi politici ed economici degli USA. Fate i bravi. E non abbiate nulla da nascondergli! Nulla di intimo, personale, riservato... Fate i bravi, insomma Pensate... come si deve. ;-) Giacomo [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Elbakyan