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   Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Mar-2026 03:54:24 JST Another Linux Walt Alt

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   • feld
   @feld My guess is, just as with e-mail that remains on the server after you've read it, there's no longer any expectation of privacy, so completely legal to scan and contact police.
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Mar-2026 03:54:26 JST feld

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     • Matt Nordhoff
     @elfin @mnordhoff if they upload it to GDrive it now potentially implicates the operator of the service that you uploaded it to and it's no longer directly in your possession so I'd say... yeah, it probably shouldn't be a 4th amendment violation to snarf through your cloud hosted files anyway
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     `Da Elf (elfin@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Mar-2026 03:54:27 JST `Da Elf

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     • Matt Nordhoff

     @mnordhoff Ya know ...

     1. I'm against CSAM.
     2. I'm insanely Fourth Amendment.

     Normally I'd be railing about tossing the evidence However in this case if someone is fucking stupid enough to upload their kiddie porn to GDrive (one Drive, Apple whatever) I'm inclined to let them burn because stupidity should be painful.

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     Matt Nordhoff (mnordhoff@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Mar-2026 03:54:28 JST Matt Nordhoff

     A week ago, the US Fourth Circuit held that it violates the Fourth Amendment for feds to do a warrantless search of someone's Google Drive. Interesting!

     Nonetheless they aren't throwing the evidence out.

     It was about CSAM.

     https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/244546.P.pdf

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