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> I don't see why they wouldn't attempt to do the same with "illegal" data (even if data is orders of magnitude less traceable).

They do. Warez/Pedophilia/Drugs/Exploit sites are regularly shutdown and seized by the police.

It's just not possible for Google/Amazon/Facebook. The police ain't gonna go there, seize the datacenters, in a simultaneous operations where they arrest and charge the 1000 people at their national HQ office at the same time.




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