Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ...
by ominous on Thursday June 30, 2016 @05:02AM
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A federal judge for the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled that the user of any computer that connects to the Internet should not have an expectation of privacy because computer security is ineffectual at stopping hackers.
"(...) the court FINDS that any such subjective expectation of privacy—if one even existed in this case—is not objectively reasonable."
"(...) the court FINDS that any such subjective expectation of privacy—if one even existed in this case—is not objectively reasonable."
Some days are more dystopian than others.
Also, see the EFF statement: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/06/federal-court-fourth-a...