We could and should have better privacy laws, though foreigners will always be subject to less protection.

That said, a lot of this comes down to a failure in education around privacy and the cultural norm around folks thinking they have nothing to hide. The intuition most people have around privacy, and security, is incredibly poor.

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tdb7893 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

One thing to note when talking about "foreigners" is that many rights in the constitution specify "persons". So citizens and non-citizens theoretically have equal rights from that standpoint. So I agree in general but it's worth noting that he was supposed to have constitutional rights to speech and against unreasonable searches.

	▲	goosejuice an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, sorry, by foreigner I mean non-citizen. Others do have constitutional rights, but the legislative and executive hold plenary powers in the realm of national security and immigration.

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Tangurena2 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think the issue is deeper than that. In the US, data about you belongs to the company that owns the hardware that the data is stored on. In the EU, data about you belongs to you.

	▲	goosejuice 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		My point is aside from policy, knowing what you give up to use that free software is a huge part of the equation.