[tgragnato]

Those protections apply only to US citizens: the 4th amendment doesn't apply to foreigners. US ‘authorities’ arrogated to themselves the right to siphon the data and metadata of people around the world for this exact reason.

This means that based on the current applied interpretation of the norms, there are two classes of people: those who ‘deserve’ rights, and have them, and those who do not. And if you are a foreigner, you do not.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[greeneggs]

No, the Fourth Amendment applies to non-citizens, even those who are in the US illegally.

> The court ruled in Almeida-Sanchez v. United States (1973) that all criminal charge-related elements of the Constitution's amendments (the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and the 14th) such as search and seizure, self-incrimination, trial by jury and due process, protect non-citizens, legally or illegally present.

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/255281-yes...

(I am not an expert and would appreciate a better source or explanation.)

[tgragnato]

Thank you for the clarification.

This is still limited to people on us soil :/