Where does that line get drawn nowadays? Clearly they can intercept my communications and remotely search my hard drive (if they can get in). Is the limit solely that they can't bust down my door and search my cabinets?
I'm unsure whether they have the ability to remotely search my hard drive, but when you pair the existence of exploits with what appears to be widespread surveillance, I believe that the government feels that it MAY, should it ever have the capability to do it.
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Yes, I think they CAN remotely search your hard drive. Whether it's by installing malware over the network or by a team of experts who physically breach your security doesn't matter quite as much, other than in terms of scale.
More importantly, if the government CAN do it, you have little redress as a citizen. You can't sue them unless you can prove it happened, and even then they will argue with the power of infinite lawyers and money that it's legal anyway when the government does it.
