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The issue of course being the government then pressuring or requiring these companies to look for some sort of content as part of routine operations.



I agree. This is a case where the physical analogy leads us to (imo) the correct conclusion: compelling major property management companies to perform regular searches of their tenant's properties, and then to report any findings to the police, is hopefully something that most judges understand to be a clear violation of the fourth amendment.


> The issue of course being the government then pressuring or requiring these companies to look for some sort of content as part of routine operations.

Was that the case here?


Not requiring, but certainly pressure. See https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/09/technology/tech-giants-is... for example. Also all of the heat Apple took over rolling back its perceptual hashing.




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