Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
if SCOTUS overturns Lawrence v Texas, I wish every non-encrypted messaging service out there which stores message history indefinitely a very catastrophic data loss, because the alternative is the state using people's intimate conversations to hunt them down for actions that have become retroactively illegal again
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aismallard@mas.to
(replying to Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many))
@hikari At least, the US Constitution prohibits passing laws which apply retroactively (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_9:_Limits_on_Federal_power), but obviously yes surveillance would be used on any new instances of such "criminal acts"
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
(replying to aismallard@mas.to)
@aismallard the problem is that this doesn't prevent court decisions from having retroactive effect, and various southern US states still have anti-sodomy laws on the books
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
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I apologise for the horrifying intrusive thought I might have given you, but I hope it's useful in deciding what needs action, at least
Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
(replying to Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many))
also I'm not sure if the application would be retroactive, but the fact there's even any doubt as to whether it would be should worry you
Saagar Jha
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Kanbaru 🌟 (one hikari of too many)
(replying to Saagar Jha)
@saagar yeah that's just the cherry on top