[melff]

Why? Why should be fight for legal recourse first before we tackle the real problem? (At least in this context, legal recourse for unwarranted service termination can also be useful for things unrelated to scanning of private data, but that's not the point) This sounds like the "step back" in the "two steps forward, one step backwards" ideom.

[cloverich]

I'd argue because it would likely be an easier battle and would still win rights and, perhaps, set precedent for the limitations of entities like Google here and elsewhere. The alternative of blocking scanning all together is extremely easy to railroad.