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Appeals Court Delivers Devastating Blow to Cellphone-Privacy Advocates
The Intercept ^
| May 31, 2016
| By Jenna McLaughlin
Posted on 05/31/2016 4:12:05 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.Ultimately it will come down to a reading of the Fourth Amendment that the words were not frozen in time, blind to technological advances. I find the decision very troubling.
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posted on
05/31/2016 5:52:51 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(JFK Wanted To Send Man To Moon - Obama Wants To Send Man To Ladies Room)
To: Swordmaker
It’s like British General Braddock out in the primeval forest sneaking up on the French by building a road with axes. Do you think that the Indian scouts of the French might figure out where he’s at?
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posted on
05/31/2016 6:37:24 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: mouser
You could just buy a couple of burner phones and then chunk ‘em when you feel like it.
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posted on
05/31/2016 6:40:48 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: Swordmaker
Congress is going to have to act on this. I'm not holding my breath on that though. The surveillance state has lots of supporters on both sides of the demopublican party.
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posted on
05/31/2016 8:51:07 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(Welcome to the "interesting times" you were warned about.)
To: 109ACS; aimhigh; bajabaja; Bikkuri; Bobalu; Bookwoman; Bullish; Carpe Cerevisi; DarthDilbert; ...
Now the 4th Amendment begin eroded away - ANDROID PING!
Android Ping!
If you want on or off the Android Ping List, Freepmail me.
Well, if they're going to try to use my personal and private information against me, I'm going to use that against them. See "disinformation protocol." ;-\
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posted on
05/31/2016 8:52:17 PM PDT
by
ThunderSleeps
(Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
To: mrsmith
Not enough laws can ever be written to protect the stupid. Serious question: do you ever read the EULA for your phone? Whenever I update my iPhone, I get a EULA pop up, and I have to click "Agree" (twice). How about the privacy disclaimer for Facebook? Twitter? Gmail? Have you ever sought out and read the agreements for any of the games you play on your phone or any of the apps you use?
The problem with this court decision is that any third party can force you to give up your privacy if you don't pore over the metric shit ton of legalese they throw at you to use their software. These End User Licensing Agreements (EULAs) are akin to very heavily-worded signs that say "this area under constant surveillance." If you avoid any of those areas in public, which is nearly impossible anymore, you're now ceding your privacy on your phone as well.
This is bad. No entity should ever be allowed to preempt a citizen's right to privacy, but now they can. Whether you read the EULA or not, you're now subject to surveillance by the state at any time. Caveat emptor.
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posted on
06/01/2016 4:35:01 AM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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