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This ruling is a huge step in the right direction. To gather all the data you speak of requires some entity (entities, really) -currently not the government- t
by cryptonector 2y ago
This ruling is a huge step in the right direction. To gather all the data you speak of requires some entity (entities, really) -currently not the government- to gather it and then make it available for subpoenas and warrants, which would then fall [in the 5th circuit anyways, right now] under this precedent.
The government could get into the business of building [under cover] popular apps so as to gather that data themselves, but that would take a great deal of time and money, and most importantly competence!
- sroussey 2y agoOr just pay a data broker.
- NegativeK 2y agoAs the sibling comment points out, the government doesn't need a subpoena if companies hand over the data willingly (typically for a fee.) I can't see this being fixed until America decides that the rights to our identifying data can't be signed away.
- bilbo0s 2y agoTrue. This ruling says you can't subpoena data. It doesn't say you can't buy it. The free market is an enormous whole in our privacy rights. At the same time, it's crazy that we ourselves put all of our data out there on the free market.
- cryptonector 2y agoEven I said that in an earlier comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41229845 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41229845). Still, this is a step forward. The step might be to forbid the government bypassing legal protections by buying the data.