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Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Keyword Search Warrant - a digital dragnet tool that allows law enforcement to identify everyone who searched the internet for a specific term or phrase. (www.eff.org)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Now you know not to search on Google regarding planned acts ~~of terrorism~~ against the establishment tyranny. But what the heck are you doing searching on Google anyway?

We know that police and courts don't believe in fourth amendment protections, especially when it comes to people they really want to convict. The problem is, when they justify illegally obtained evidence for child molesters and serial killers, then it's easy to justify the same for illegal parkers in non-white neighborhoods, or persons protesting against law enforcement overreach.

And that's why the state of the US engages in the same indictments that are listed in the US Declaration of Independence.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I'm a computer engineer with over 30 years of experience. If I'd want to be a terrorist, they can Monitor google, and they wouldn't find me. They can decrypt WhatsApp and a few others and they'd still not find me. They wouldn't be able to find anyone halfway capable.

What they WOULD find is a lot of people just going about their day.

Makes you wonder who they're trying to target with all this shit.

Banning encryption won't stop child porn, not even a little bit

Monitoring google won't stop terrorism (or child porn) not even a little bit

Can we please Please PLEASE make a law that requires politicians to know what they're taking about? If a politician votes about banning encryption, he either know what it does and why it works or if he doesn't know, he.doesnt get to vote.