The state always over reaches in its efforts to tyrannize its citizens.
Ben Franklin’s wise words still apply
Technology really puts a strain on privacy. It is a subject worth working through. Not so sure I want the courts or the legislature involved.
what we need is much stronger, stricter protection for our rights.....1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, amendments and the rest of our rights too
a whole lot of Americans lost their lives making our Bill of Rights possible
and all its taken is an illegal alien president writing a bunch of Executive Orders and appointing socialist/statist/nazi-type/tyranny-enabling judges...... to undermine so much of our liberty
Just because it has become infinitely easier to violate the law does not change the fact that it is a violation of the law.
A Constitutional Amendment might, conceivably, make the 4th amendment outdated. Otherwise ... no.
Top US Surveillance Lawyer Argues That New Technology Makes The 4th Amendment Outdated, Ah no it steps on it..
Fixed it.
Complete BS from Mr. "it's technology's fault." NO.
It is the fault of the person using the technology.
Scanning email without the permission of the sender or recipient is no different than bugging a phone of intercepting hard-copy mail.
It is absolutely NOT people "willingly sharing information on Facebook."
But considering the little government worm's twisted "logic" in a failed attempt to justify government sticking their nose further into American citizens private lives I am not surprised.
Again...
"Computerized scanning of communications in the same way that your email service provider scans looking for viruses - that should not be considered a search requiring a warrant for Fourth Amendment purposes," said Litt.
Load of crap.
And the gov can "share" that opinion from me all they like.
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Why not just scrap the whole Bill of Rights since it was written by a bunch of racis’ slave owners way back and isn’t relative any longer? Uh, no, that ain’t how it works.
New technology makes the 4th Amendment more important than ever.
Communications within the United States requires a search warrant to examine.
The above is not negotiable, not waived away by technology or will, and is simply stating our natural rights which we went back and then shackled our government into observing. The 4th is merely an expression of that natural right, not the creation of it.
It would be best if our employees in the government fully understood this most basic concept. Otherwise, I see no other future where natural rights are once again restored.
Silence is acceptance. It is Congress that should be all over this. Withhold funding or threaten to cut off funding to agencies or tools of the agencies that spy on Americans w/o probable cause warrants. The FISA court should be eliminated. It is as anti-American as the IRS.
Learn this then go away!
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
I think we probably capture all the calls of the British and maybe some other countries and they capture all US calls. Then we exchange the sorted data to get around the prohibitions on spying on US citizens.
Freegards
I would like to see President Trump make a stand for civil rights, including privacy. It's not my top priority for him, but it would be the right thing to do.
Fine. I will play along. Then use the same technology to reveal to every American what communications of theirs have been gathered, what surveillance has been performed against those communications and a complete history of who has accessed it and why.
This is trivial by comparison. If the 4th amendment is so outdated, tell every American what private communications you have taken for use. If you won’t do this, then quit pretending you are doing us any favors. Get a warrant
These guys think that they are patriots.
They are nothing of the sort.
What I fear is that the separation between Press and government as well as social media and government has been irreparably damaged. Neither was meant to be a wing of the state. If we can’t fix that, peaceful transfer of power is in jeopardy.
They wish.
Lets hear from a techie Freeper on this - can I avoid government surveillance with encryption?