Now we all have X-ray vision: the iPhone just changed our privacy expectations and legal rights

Enrique Dans' article discusses a recent iPhone feature that utilizes low-light technology to see through tinted car windows, drawing a connection to a 2022 US court case. The judge in that case ruled that if an iPhone could see inside a tinted vehicle, then police observation without a warrant was permissible under a diminished expectation of privacy, despite the Fourth Amendment. Dans highlights how this iPhone capability potentially alters privacy expectations and legal interpretations regarding vehicle searches. The ruling suggested that legally compliant window tint should not guarantee complete privacy from visual inspection, especially given readily available technology.This article is also available in English on my Medium page, «Now we all have X-ray vision: the iPhone just changed our privacy expectations and legal rights«