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So what happened to archive.today's owner and their data? Was the investigation dismissed? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by onehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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According to this https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/fbi-subpoena-tries-to-unmask-mysterious-founder-of-archive-today/ source, FBI gave Tucows a deadline of 29 November. It has already been 3 days since that date and I see no signs of any action being taken: the archive is operating as usual, and there's absolutely nothing I could find online about the aftermath of this investigation. Was it dismissed? Did Tucows actually give FBI the owner's data? If so, are they in a safe place right now?

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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 weeks ago

Was it dismissed?

An FBI investigation isn't a court case. No charges have been made (that I've heard of). They're trying to identify the person who runs the service first, then go from there. These things take time.

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They're probably operating out of a country where they are legally untouchable for copyright infringement. Or for that matter, just not in a 14 eyes country.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought it was 5 eyes

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

5 eyes originally, 14 eyes effectively through bilateral agreements.

Relevant Wikipedia section of the 5 eyes article

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting, thanks for the link