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A few points:

– the site in question was accessible through the onion network (TOR) on the deep web

– Regardless of how someone utilizes TOR, the network itself is built to increase anonymity and part of it includes hiding IP addresses

– pulling sometimes ip by circumventing the measures used to help keep members anonymous is one thing especially on a network where being anonymous is part of smart browsing

– Hacking a computer in addition to gain more information is just lazy and unprofessional

– membership credentials to a site like that and proof of physical location by ip is more than enough to go through the proper steps to find out more

– expect this ruling to be appealed maybe all the way to the supreme court

This was the clinching argument in Doe v. Shurtleff at. el., Utah contended that there was no reasonable expectation in privacy with information shared with third-party Inter Service Providers (ISP). Since your IP, username, and passwords are sent through the traffic you send via the ISP, you’ve shared it with a third party and it is fair game and not protected by the Fourth Amendment. I was lucky they gave up the password requirement, because technically they could have pushed and gotten them all.

The premise that the individual did not have an expectation of privacy is beyond ludicrous. The whole point of a password is privacy. I now suppose that the government can hack bank accounts, email accounts by using the same logic. This is a great example of how many judges are merely prosecutors dressed in a black robe.