Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Google Search History is Not Protected by Fourth Amendment
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Bad ruling, means USA joins Europe & China as total Surveillance State.
PA police found rapist, because he googled his victim's address.
PA police told Google, Tell us anybody who googled it lately. Answer was 1 guy.
PA police -then- said, let's warrant that guy for rape evidence.
USA 4A, is supposed to protect privacy. But SCOPA says: Only idiots don't know that Google stores ur data & sells it to public. Therefore ur data is public & 4A cannot help u.
Crack left open: When u take extra steps for privacy, it could mean ur not idiot & had good enough reason to believe in privacy.
the opinion argues that “average” users voluntarily disclose their thoughts to third parties like Google. Crucially, the justices noted that privacy rights might still apply to technically literate users who employ encryption tools or Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).