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extremely paranoid thinking re: mass surveillance and state violence against queer people
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
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
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 yeah that's just the cherry on top
re: extremely paranoid thinking re: mass surveillance and state violence against queer people
@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"
re: extremely paranoid thinking re: mass surveillance and state violence against queer people
@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