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Not an acceptable practice under the Constitution of course it will require court cases to stop or narrow these. Geolocation searches (being in the wrong place/
by coldcode 6y ago
Not an acceptable practice under the Constitution of course it will require court cases to stop or narrow these. Geolocation searches (being in the wrong place/wrong time) are bad enough, but everyone searching for "X" could capture thousands or even millions of people.
- shadowgovt 6y agoI think it's a little unclear whether it's Unconstitutional. Google's logs of what users did on its service are Google's property, not proeprty of the users. It's like asserting the cops can't issue a warrant to your bank to look for transactions to Capone Real Estate Holdings, Inc... Of course they can.
- soraminazuki 6y agoSo assuming that your argument holds, warrants mean nothing when private companies own everything and you don’t. Doesn’t sound like what was intended when the constitution was written.
- shadowgovt 6y agoNo, I don't think the Constitution was written to account for a world where corporations own everything and individuals don't. Updates may be in order.
- arnoooooo 6y agoI don't think the people who downvote this comment have really thought about whether they own their phone, their computer, their printer, their ebooks, their car, their software... We have come to an era where you "buy" things but then can't repair them, can't modify them, ant even can't use them anymore once the maker decides so. Most modern machines are actually leased, not bought.
- notJim 6y agoWhy should it be this way though? Under GDPR, citizens have certain rights over their own data, which is meant to protect their privacy. Shouldn't we have something similar here?
- shadowgovt 6y agoI think America puts the bar at a different place than Europe on this topic.