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Originally Posted by BoldlyDubious
Ok, so bugging your house is a crime and is forbidden. Why shouldn't bugging your browser be treated the same way?
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There is the concept of a reasonable expectation of privacy that deals with the difference between what may be legal activity out in the public and what may be legal in private situations. Anything done on the internet is out in the public, there is no reasonable expectation of privacy. In most parts of the world, your home would be considered private space, in the USA there is The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which reads:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
While that is intended to bind the government, it has been generally adopted as a principle in common law.
"My Home is My Castle" provides some reference to the concept.
Luck;
Ken