Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Let's say we want to test if particular e-mail address exists in the database of some website. Website administrator is not keen on providing any help to law enforcement agencies. However one could just try to register with this e-mail, and being prompted that e-mail address was already used in registration process could be a proof in court. However message would only say that the username OR e-mail address already exists. It could be worked around by providing username that for sure wasn't registered by anyone because of incredibly small possibility that someone else could use it to register in the same service. We could provide really complicated usernames much more times than once in registration process, but thought it's obviousness that therefore it must be the e-mail address that exists in the database, would it be a proof for court?

TL;DR: Can incredibly small possibility of something be treated by court on equal to a proof?


Asked on 11/30/13, 10:08 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Kelvin Green The Law Office of Kelvin Green

Not sure what kind if case you have or what you want to prove..I personally can't see what a user name in a website database is useful. But it's obviousness that exists because you can't register probably is not reliable, I doubt it's relevance,

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Answered on 12/01/13, 6:40 am
Anthony Roach Law Office of Anthony A. Roach

Evidence is admissible if it is relevant, properly authenticated, and not excluded for a public policy reason or a violation of the hearsay rule. But you seem to be more focused on IT - information technology - than you are about law. Isn't this something that should be discussed with an expert witness?

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Answered on 12/02/13, 11:23 am


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