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>users have little expectation of privacy to begin with? The cynical side of me wonders how long it will be before prosecutors argue, with a straight face, tha
by ohithereyou 7y ago
>users have little expectation of privacy to begin with?
The cynical side of me wonders how long it will be before prosecutors argue, with a straight face, that using evidence obtained from mass surveillance against people using Microsoft Windows is okay because Microsoft collects a massive amount of data so nobody should expect their files and activities to remain private; that there is or should be no expectation of privacy on such a system.
And then how long until warrant applications come in with supporting evidence that the subject of the warrant uses Linux and therefore their increased desire for privacy is prima facia evidence that they're doing something illegal.
- lonelappde 7y agoThe first part is long since true. Courts have already (wrongly) established that you have no expectation of privacy in anything you entrust to a third party agent like a bank or a cloud service. If you give the provider a key to your stuff, they can give it to law enforcement. The latter is a tougher desecration of the constitution to sell.
- bitwize 7y agoConstitution schmonstitution. Just say the magic words -- "national security" -- and that problem goes away. The NSA is already selecting people with "Linux" and "Tor" in their search histories for added scrutiny.
- gruez 7y ago>The NSA is already selecting people with "Linux" [...] in their search histories for added scrutiny. Source for this? If it's true it would be both sad and hilarious.
- bitwize 7y agohttps://www.linuxjournal.com/content/nsa-linux-journal-extremist-forum-and-its-readers-get-flagged-extra-surveillance https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/nsa-linux-journal-extre...
- boudewijnrempt 7y agoThat site hasn't existed for some time...