Colorado upheld a warrant’s reverse keyword search for directions to a house. They claim the search warrant, which was overly broad and without individual probable cause, did not violate Google’s millions of US users’ fourth amendment protections, because the court said the police were acting in good faith under what was known about the law at the time.
I don’t have any hope for any of this improving.
The EU is currently working on legislation to search through all chat messages sent by everyone ever, so the only way to keep any privacy is to take it into your own hands.
Terrible minds think alike across the pond. The Cooper Davis Act, STOP CSAM Act, and EARN IT Act are similar proposals in US Congress regarding restrictions on messaging and encryption.
given that the lawmakers who enact crap like that are usually tech-illiterate, we at least have high chances of loopholes.
At this point, I instinctively disagree with anyone who tries to “protect the children” or “fight terrorism”. I tried challenging that prejudice many times, but never had any success.
They are led by by the “protect paedos” and “create terrorism” gang. Unfortunately most people are too dumb or disinterested to look beyond the popularist slogans.