Uh, but this end-to-end encrypted stuff is exactly what happens: We use https to upload stuff to our amazon servers, and crunch the data, and bring it back to us using https.
Should there not be 4th amendment protection in that case? And if so, and if the NSA accessed such data, how could their access possibly have been legal? The Patriot Act is not allowed to contradict the Constitution, and if it does, the Constitution takes precedence.
Oh, forgot, since it's held by a third-party, of course the government can collect this. I bet they take "unscheduled" snapshots that don't show up in the console. The Amazon workers are told to "just do your job" by their legal department. Right? Prove me this is not happening already.
Also, it matters not if it's encrypted, on the way, because the NSA has the capability to compromise the machines that contain the private keys. (Hackers with keyboards or goons with guns in datacenters).
You not being sure one way or another does not mean they haven't. So you must assume they have. Which is what Europeans and Canadians are doing and keeping their stuff off the US cloud servers.
It's pointless to talk to someone who concludes that the NSA is willing to ignore the law simply by extrapolating from things it has done that demonstrate intent to stay within the law as understood.
Should there not be 4th amendment protection in that case? And if so, and if the NSA accessed such data, how could their access possibly have been legal? The Patriot Act is not allowed to contradict the Constitution, and if it does, the Constitution takes precedence.