Pennsylvania High Court Rules Police Can Access Google Searches Without Warrant
fliptop writes:
The court's ruling suggests that using the internet now means agreeing to be searched:
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has a new definition of reasonable expectation." According to the justices, it's no longer reasonable to assume that what you type into Google is yours to keep.
In a decision that reads like a love letter to the surveillance economy, the court ruled that police were within their rights to access a convicted rapist's search history without a warrant. The reasoning is that everyone knows they're being watched anyway.
The opinion, issued Tuesday, leaned on the idea that the public has already surrendered its privacy to Silicon Valley.
PDF of ruling.
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