Network World: No reasonable expectation of privacy when third parties cross the creepy line?

Network World: No reasonable expectation of privacy when third parties cross the creepy line? by Ms. Smith:

A former DHS official suggests SCOTUS has no business expanding Fourth Amendment protections to protect our privacy from third parties who cross the creepy line.

There’s a “creepy line” when tech conveniences and capabilities seem to push too far into privacy rights; yet not everyone can be trusted to decide whether or not new technology used by the government crosses the “creepy line” and if Fourth Amendment protections should kick in. That includes SCOTUS, according to a former DHS official, who reduced the Supreme Court Justices to “nine Baby Boomers” who wouldn’t know the “creepy line” if it bit them on the butt.

Seven major players in the tech industry recently predicted “a vision of the future” for the New York Times, including tech that is “far off” now but will be “commonplace in a decade.” Sebastian Thrun, a founder of Google X, said as an example, “Implantables, like a chip under your fingernail that unlocks all your devices.”