Re:Indian government to intercept, monitor, and decrypt citi...
by dgzl on Friday December 21, 2018 @06:41PM
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Your post brings up some good points:
Precedent is important. Also, being aware of your rights and theirs precedents in history is important.
The Constitution is entirely written in a manner that grants citizens rights and restrains government power. Someday we might get so ignorant that the government decides pulling a fast one on citizens is possible, therefore they try. (See Patriot Act, NDAA,. etc.)
But, what happens if we figure out that the rights we currently enjoy are, in fact, not protected by the constitution?
This hammer swings both ways. There's a big, nasty, vaguely-defined "unreasonable" word in "unreasonable search and seizure."
Who defines what is "unreasonable"? And what are the odds that their definition will agree with what HN thinks is "unreasonable"?
I can completely see a court, in 2021, argue with a straight face, that a ban on "unreasonable search and seizure" does not protect you against <Whatever invasion of privacy>.