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There is really nothing gray here. "in thier persons" and "in their houses" My computer, or phone, or whatever is in my house or on my person therefore it app

There is really nothing gray here. "in thier persons" and "in their houses" My computer, or phone, or whatever is in my house or on my person therefore it applies. "papers" Files/emails/etc. these days are just digital "papers", there for it applies to all digital communications. The spirit of the amendment is abundantly clear (despite Scalia's ignorance on this), and there is zero ambiguity. Anyone arguing that technically it doesn't apply to <insert technology that the writers could not possibly have fathomed here>, is someone who simply wants to subvert the constitution. I don't see how anyone could argue otherwise on any sort of solid ground, the spirit is so crystal clear the writers couldn't not have done a better job.

z3c0 4y ago
It seems that you've never realized that most of the stuff being gathered is not stored on any device that you have control over. Very weird to encounter on HN, but I guess you're part of today's 10,000... Maybe if you were running an SMTP server from your home would the 4th amendment apply in the way that you think it does. Most people have trusted another entity to house their "digital papers", so your beef should be with the organizations who hand it over to Feds without a fight. At least understand the nature of the problem before commenting so vehemently on it.
anigbrowl 4y ago
Don't defend yourself if you ever end up in a legal conflict.