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Last month, Forbes reported that the DOJ demanded that Amazon, Apple and Google provide identifying information, including names and addresses, of all users of a car tinkering app made by Cayman Islands-based EZ Lynk.

The government claimed it needed the information as part of a case to prosecute EZ Lynk, which allegedly helped people circumvent emissions laws. EZ Lynk’s lawyers pushed back, claiming the subpoenas amounted to government overreach. At the end of last week, the court sided with the car app maker. In an order, the judge wrote that neither EZ Lynk nor the tech providers would have to provide the DOJ with app users’ personally identifiable information.

That doesn’t guarantee that every EZ Lynk........

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