Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of Data Unconstitutional

It's funny that even though the court ruled it is against the law to do so the federal agencies will continue to commit this crime (FBI) and pass illegal legislation (congress) until each specific agency changes it's internal regulations. If they do. The EFF seems to imply continued pressure is needed to convince them to do so.

Even if congress ends their blatantly unconstitutional endorsement of Section 702 spying, I still don’t see why anyone would believe that the government is going to do anything other than massively expand their ability surveil every living moment of our lives. I don’t see the point in them trying to play it off like the system has any integrity whatsoever.

Can we all stop pretending that they don&#x27;t abuse of their power and hold your deepest darkest secrets indefinitely? Even though most of us are law abiding citizens.<p>Can we please start making open hardware without Apple&#x2F;google backdoors and stop pretending our systems are &quot;secure&quot;.<p>Can we please write all software in Rust and stop using languages that weren&#x27;t designed for security. Yes C is beautiful. Yes it also lets you shoot yourself in the foot.<p>Can we please use distributed systems to avoid censorship or holding our private information in the hands of the rich?

This should not have been so hard.

Well I guess of the the US Supreme Court. They seem to get every case these days :(

&gt; We expect any lawmaker worthy of that title to listen to what this federal court is saying and create a legislative warrant requirement so that the intelligence community does not continue to trample on the constitutionally protected rights to private communications.<p>Sad to say it, but I find it laughable that the intel agencies would suddenly stop if it were illegal (though of course it should be illegal). They operate in secret and anyone in the government who opposes them will commit suicide or suddenly be in possession of child pornography.<p>As New York Sen. Chuck Schumer once told Rachel Maddow on air, “Let me tell you, you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday of getting back at you.” [1]<p>1. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;-gZidZfUoMU" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;-gZidZfUoMU</a>

Is this because they have full access now to the front door?

Don&#x27;t worry: SCOTUS will determine that the Framers did not have a history and tradition of protecting metadata, so the Fourth Amendment has no application here; and, furthermore, the Court&#x27;s recent jurisprudence regarding the Executive (<i>dieu et mon droit</i>) necessarily implies that the Government has an extremely compelling interest sufficient to overcome the Fourth Amendment and permit warrantless searches of everyone in the United States and elsewhere.

We should go even further and abolish the FBI. They all believe they&#x27;re above the law and have consistently been the enemy of Americans. What success can they even point to?