News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on EFF in Court to Argue NSA Collection from Internet Backbone Is Unconstitutional. Parent comment

Re:EFF in Court to Argue NSA Collection from Internet Backbo... by acveilleux on Thursday December 18, 2014 @01:21PM (#8768777)
If the government opened your mail and made a copy while it was in the possession of the USPS would that count as seizure? search? What if they automated the process?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:EFF in Court to Argue NSA Collection from Internet Backbo... by higherpurpose on Thursday December 18, 2014 @02:12PM (#8769060)
Both search (they looked at it) and seizure (they took/copied the information). And as I already said, whether it's manual or automated should be irrelevant, if the end result is the same (authorities taking that data without a warrant to fish for crimes - which is what the selectors and alerts do anyway).
[ Parent | on HN ]