[cpressland]

This is correct - but I’d rather my law enforcement had a pre-existing reason to investigate me rather than just stumbling upon something in random hidden searches. Innocent until proven guilty is key here.

I have nothing to hide, but I’m still not giving you access to my photo library.

[paxys]

Whether the data is encrypted or not, they still need a warrant.

[KennyBlanken]

Those warrants are secret. We don't even know if they're following the rules they lay out.

In the US, the secret FISA court hasn't turned down a single warrant. Either the government is only coming to them with completely justified cases or they're just a rubber stamp. Either way, there's no oversight so we have no way of knowing.

[account42]

For now. Once the means are there it's only a matter of time until everything is scanned automatically.

[bdamm]

You seem to think that the indexing and searching happens only if there is a reason. Why do you think that? There are all kinds of cases where government agents were found to have abused access to data for reasons that had nothing to do with illegal or immoral behavior by a target.

[bloqs]

Irritatingly naive

[willk]

Because they can.