Re:Apple's child protection features spark concern within it...
by dragonwriter on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:05PM
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Reporting to the government doesn't make you a government agent, doing the search at the direction of the government does.
If a private citizen, on their own initiative, searches your house, finds contraband, and reports it to the government, they may be guilty of a variety of torts and crimes (both civil and criminal trespass, among others, are possibilities), there is no fourth amendment violation.
If a police officer asks them to do it, though, there is a different story.
If a private citizen, on their own initiative, searches your house, finds contraband, and reports it to the government, they may be guilty of a variety of torts and crimes (both civil and criminal trespass, among others, are possibilities), there is no fourth amendment violation.
If a police officer asks them to do it, though, there is a different story.