Court Upholds Warrantless Internet Snooping

amigoro writes to let us know about an appeals court ruling on Friday that holds that federal agents can snoop on an individual's web surfing, email and all other forms of Internet communication habits without a warrant. The court found recording this kind of information to be analogous to the use of a pen register. In 1979 the Supreme Court ruled that this technique did not constitute a search for Fourth Amendment purposes.

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What's the problem?

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe the government should just check up on all slashdotters, since everyone here is so worried about what the government might find out about our activities. What are you all doing on the internet? Arranging meetings with Columbian drug-lords? Downloading copyrighted material? Just don't do what you're not allowed to do, and there's no problem.