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I commented about this just yesterday how google felt that data collection is now 'common' - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14893700 https://news.ycombina
by the_common_man 9y ago
I commented about this just yesterday how google felt that data collection is now 'common' - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14893700 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14893700
I think developers are (rightly) afraid this trend now hits their editors.
- pdkl95 9y agoWhat they should be worried about is Kyllo v. United States[1]. When data collection is sufficiently normalized such that general public no longer expects privacy - crossing the bright line that currently makes police using the same type of data collection technology a search that requires a warrant. If this it becomes commonplace for text editors to spy on some types of (meta)data, a warrant may not be required for the police to gather the same type of data without a warrant even if you do not use a "common" editor. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States