It’s time for Silicon Valley to ask: Is it worth it?

Re:It’s time for Silicon Valley to ask: Is it worth it? by npsimons on Thursday October 31, 2013 @06:17PM (#6650395)

The government has all sorts of restrictions on what it can do (e.g., the 4th amendment), that apply to citizens, but not foreign nationals.

Are you sure about that? IANAL, and I've not kept up with more recent laws, but the forth doesn't say anything about "citizens", it says "people".

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Re:It’s time for Silicon Valley to ask: Is it worth it? by coffeemug on Thursday October 31, 2013 @06:22PM (#6650430)

The distinction comes from the SCOTUS interpretation of the constitution, not the constitution itself. They've been quite consistent in limiting the constitutional rights to American citizens/soil/etc.

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Re:It’s time for Silicon Valley to ask: Is it worth it? by sliverstorm on Thursday October 31, 2013 @07:07PM (#6650701)

"The People" is commonly interpreted to mean the citizens, i.e.:

We the People of the United States

There is no way to interpret "people" in that line as including Saudis and Chinese.

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Re:It’s time for Silicon Valley to ask: Is it worth it? by ilyanep on Thursday October 31, 2013 @06:19PM (#6650409)

It says "the people"

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