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by lazide 90 days ago
You don’t actually consent (per-se) in most cases. Hence the warrant.

If you consented, no warrant would be required.
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Dezvous 90 days ago
Consenting to data being collected by a company does not mean you consent to a search by the government of said data.
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lazide 90 days ago
As noted, the company can sell it however. Which is even easier than a search, which typically requires paperwork.
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Dezvous 90 days ago
They can, yes. But this is a legal loophole that the government abuses to circumvent a warrant required by the 4th amendment.
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lazide 89 days ago
The 4th (and 5th) amendment requires warrants to compel folks to do things they aren’t voluntarily consenting to do….. Not really a loophole per-se.
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