This is a short ethics question based on the ethics
lecture that goes with the cryptography assignment.
Please type your answer below, and submit this file as
part of your assignment.

Suppose Alice and Bob are US citizens and Alice sends an SMS message to Bob through Verizon.

1. If the police obtain a warrant and make a request to Verizon,
can Verizon provide them with a copy of the message -
yes or no? - one word answer:

2. Suppose instead Alice sends a message to Bob using an
end-to-end encrypted messaging platform, and the bytes of
the message flow through Verizon. Does Verizon have a copy
of the plaintext of the message to provide to the police?
Explain briefly.

Your answer:
