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The Supreme Court Will Decide If the US Can Access Anyone's Data on Earth

posted by mrpg on Tuesday October 17 2017, @08:31PM   
from the inconceivable dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The Supreme Court announced Monday that it would hear a major digital privacy case that will determine whether law enforcement officials can demand user data stored by technology companies in other countries.

In 2013, federal investigators obtained a warrant for emails and identifying information tied to a Microsoft Outlook account they believed was being used to organize drug trafficking. The problem was that the emails were stored overseas in Ireland, where the anonymous user of the account registered as a resident.
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If the court sides with the Department of Justice lawyers in this new case, the government will have unfettered access to the data tech companies store all over the world, provided it has a warrant. During the appeals court case, Microsoft's lawyers argued that the US is essentially trying to say that its laws extend across borders.

A superpower can demand all the extraterritoriality it wants.

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Original Submission

• Re:Of course they'll rule in favor of DoJ... (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 18 2017, @03:53PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 18 2017, @03:53PM (#583985)

  Nationalism is at very low levels, actually. Sexism seems to favor women at this point in time. The mass part of the media does seem to be controlled by one party. There is no state religion, despite desparate claims to the contrary.

  • Nationalism at a low level? Have you looked around? This country is one of the most nationalist ones out there...
  • Sexism, regardless of which way it sways, is most certainly present. However, as I point out, it is not 'rampant' so it didn't get a check mark
  • The mass media - as much as you and I resent them - is not controlled by a single party. Don't come crying with "but both parties are the same". They are not and you know it. Neither of them are any good, but they most certainly are not the same.
  • No state religion? How many elected officials are out-and-about atheists or Muslims? How does that stack up against the general prevalence of these religions-or-lack-thereof in the general population? How many are non-Christians? FFS, even Nikki Haley and Bobby Jindal became 'Christians' so they were electable. Any elected official ending their utterances with "and may god bless the United States of America", clearly intending the Christian god (don't kid yourself), should be a pretty darn good indication that Christianity is the state religion. Same thing with the "so help me god" at the end of your pledge of allegiance (technically optional, I know), which should be another good indication that nationalism is strong here. For all intents and purposes, Christianity is the ordained (pun intended) state religion.

  You are wrong, wrong, wrong. But don't let facts stand in the way of your perceived persecution/world-view.

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