[eszed]

> the physical medium you get Internet to your house determines what laws and processes the government can use to monitor your Internet traffic?

I did not! Do you have / know a good explanation of the details?

[rockskon]

From my (non-lawyer) understanding, if you have a coax cable connected to a cable modem providing Internet to your residence, your privacy is governed by https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/551

Other means of Internet getting to your residence is covered by Title 3 of the ECPA which, historically, Feds have played fast and loose with getting data from.