It almost certainly is the law, right to be secure in your effects, but basically the way things are set up currently is… you have to sue the government and then win at the Supreme Court.

You know, based on the information the government has on you that you almost certainly do not provably know they have.

All kinds of government agencies just do whatever the fuck they want untill some judge tells them to stop.

Because cops and such exist in a privileged and elevated legal status under US laws, so they can more or less regularly do things that would get normal people thrown in prison.

… anyway, theoretically this might actually fuck with the secret court system that signs the secret warrants for things like this, that emerged after the PATRIOT ACT… if its worded precisely.

Also: I’m genuienly shocked that Lauren Boebert may have actually done something good.

EDIT:

oh hey, the article links to a website that actually explains the current status quo snd the proposed changes, in non legalese:

https://www.surveillanceaccountability.com/about

EDIT 2:

Yeah, this would require actual warrants for cases under specific investigation, it would ban Gov agencies from going through a third party to say, buy everyone’s cellphone location data, or networks of cameras that scan biometrics or liscense plates.

I’m sure all the databrokers would try their damndest to find loopholes around such restrictions, but this does generally seem to me like the right direction to be moving in.

EDIT 3:

The bill

https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr8470/BILLS-119hr8470ih.pdf

Progress Tracker

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr8470