Comment by nkurz

Sure, it's a bit wild, and no, the same outcome may not have been reached if the case came up earlier. And if it makes it to the Supreme Court, who knows what they will turn it into.

The flip side is that Alsup (the judge who wrote the opinion) is probably the smartest district court judge we have when it comes to technology, and one of the people I'd trust most to come up good decision.

He's a treasure, and my instinct is that he got it right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alsup