2. Wikipedia cites Thompson II, Richard M. "The Fourth Amendment Third-Party Doctrine". Key case law is Katz v. United States (1967), United States v. Miller (1976), Smith v. Maryland (1979), United States v. Graham (2012), amongst others.
3. I'm aware that the US is not the only jurisdiction on Earth. It is however a major jurisdiction, one for which all of the present FAANG surveillance monopolies principally reside, and which has a major influence on others. The rising significance of China amongst Internet service providers ... does little to improve on the situation, in which case the US is among the better present defenders of personal privacy. Yes, that's an awfully low bar.
1. Some typical citations: "every ten years" (1968) <https://books.google.com/books?id=ZH3pAAAAMAAJ&q=data+storag...>, "every five to eight years" (1961) <https://books.google.com/books?id=36dRmdlvcE0C&pg=PA255&dq=d...> "every ten to fifteen years" (1972) <https://books.google.com/books?id=3fIWAQAAMAAJ&q=data+storag...> via Google Books search on "data storage doubles every years" bound to 1900--1979 <https://www.google.com/search?q=data+storage+doubles+every+y...>.
2. Wikipedia cites Thompson II, Richard M. "The Fourth Amendment Third-Party Doctrine". Key case law is Katz v. United States (1967), United States v. Miller (1976), Smith v. Maryland (1979), United States v. Graham (2012), amongst others.
3. I'm aware that the US is not the only jurisdiction on Earth. It is however a major jurisdiction, one for which all of the present FAANG surveillance monopolies principally reside, and which has a major influence on others. The rising significance of China amongst Internet service providers ... does little to improve on the situation, in which case the US is among the better present defenders of personal privacy. Yes, that's an awfully low bar.
4. See: How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism (2022) <https://onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy-surveillance-capit...> Buy: <https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-destroy-surveillance-cap...>
5. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dun_%26_Bradstreet> citing <http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/the-dun-bra...>
6. Pub 2016. Overview: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_Math_Destruction> Buy: <https://bookshop.org/p/books/weapons-of-math-destruction-how...>
7. Though that doesn't diminish my appreciation of the effort. Results here: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_breaches>
8. The gangster was convicted not on organised crime, smuggling, or murder charges, but for tax evasion in 1931. <https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/al-capone>
9. I've explored this question somewhat, though still haven't fully developed the notion, as one of informational autonomy, encompassing a set of related and often conflicting concerns. See: <https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/622677903778013902fd00...> and some followups on Diaspora* <https://diaspora.glasswings.com/tags/autonomouscommunication> and Mastodon <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/tagged/AutonomousCommunication> and <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/tagged/InformationAutonomy>.