[CamperBob2]

The defense of the photos not being government business until accessed seems shaky.

It's reminiscent of the NSA's argument that data "collection" occurs only when a search is performed on existing "gathered" data. File under "Stuff that's only legal when the government does it."

[sneak]

My prediction: “It’s not a “search” when an AI looks at the stored database and does sentiment analysis, because an algorithm doesn’t violate your privacy. It’s only a “search” after it’s flagged and an actual human with human opinions sees your private chats criticizing the supreme leader.”

[dotancohen]

What should I be reading?

[CamperBob2]

Scott Alexander has a decent article (or rather a guest blog post) at https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/all-lawful-use-much-more-th... that brings up the subject in the context of Anthropic and OpenAI's dealings with the Department of War (sic), and how their contracts with the DoW might be interpreted with regard to mass surveillance of Americans.

Worth checking out. I'm not personally knowledgeable enough to vouch for the veracity, though.

[masfuerte]

An older article was reposted here yesterday:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47210572