The New Fourth Amendment

Zach Weinersmith, of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal fame has a serious privacy blog post up.

He states that the Fourth Amendment can be violated as gently as you please any time digital information enters or leaves your home. So, perhaps an amended amendment is in order:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, unless we’re really totally subtle about it.

It’s definitely worth a read. His final comment:

I no longer expect to have a Fourth Amendment. I really don’t. But do I have to be a good sport about it too?