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Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant

411 points · 378 comments · rbanffy

smalltorch · 1790858341 · focus · HN ↗
I don't like this. I think about a year ago when there was a big push for chat control in the EU, almost like an instinct, I started working on ways to be more soverign with my data.
I'm just a regular guy who really has nothing to hide, but that doesn't mean I need to be complacent with just allowing a future I don't like be propped up in front of my eyes.
What I've come to realize is there is really no safer place for your data and communications than just your own home. At the very least, I would like a judge to review the evidence of my alledged wrong doing before the government can raid my castle and get what they need.
Why do I, as a regular citizen feel the need to invoke and create my own protections on personal data and communications?
There's something deep inside me that feels the need to be prepared for this odd future where the government feels they have the right to access everything. It's deeply troubling on many fronts.
1. nekusar · 1790859250 · focus · HN ↗
  > I'm just a regular guy who really has nothing to hide
  Yeah, you do.
  Post your nudes.
  Post your full financial details.
  Post your whole medical history.
  Post every crime you might have committed, even as a juvenile.
  Post all your credit cards and bank account details.
  Hmmmm, so you ARE hiding those, eh? Quit framing this as "nothing to hide", because we ALL have things we hide... Not because they're illegal or anything, but because it protects us.
  1. swader999 · 1790863405 · focus · HN ↗
    Exactly and if they can't keep FBI data locked down how are they going to keep what they harvest from the plebes. You really want your insurer, landlord, employer, bank knowing all this?

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