I came across this in a search about whether internet in Ohio is a public utility: “In June 2021, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit against Google, arguing that Google should be regulated as a public utility. This case could potentially influence the future classification of ISPs in Ohio, but as of now, ISPs are not considered public utilities.”

How close is Ohio to having internet be a public utility? Can discovery be done through ISPs yet? Is a warrant still needed if it is a public utility? I feel like maybe it should be, but I don’t know how that’s affected with public utility status. Could it be a different kind of warrant? Like you ask the ISP to look into it and if they find anything, then give access? Like a warrant that’s an informational request? There would need to be some kind of safeguard to limit visibility, possibly in conjunction with the ISP itself. Could AI find the limited information on device signatures to grab only necessary info for a warrant?

Wouldn’t this help dramatically with human trafficking? Even their movements—with AI searchs of burners—could possibly be tracked through ISPs for location as they move around… Say it connected to open WiFi at a restaurant, hospital, library, school, etc., even residential that doesn’t have closed WiFi. But if the phone finds the WiFi, even if they can’t connect, can they see the phone signature? Or do they HAVE to send or receive something? Let an AI bot roam free in there and track them, without human compromise… Just let the AI follow and track the signature(s) as long as possible. It doesn’t have to be that intelligent; it’s a digital comb of information. Remember, I’m mentioning limited warrants and information searches. Say, you find an offender, and the AI bot can track all activity with that device sig backwards, forward, and spiral… You’d get the entire network with one person, possibly.

I believe this would be beneficial because everything—pictures, videos, random secret chats, emails, etc.—could then be found easily with completeness for lawsuits. This would strength chain of evidence and factuality, correct?

How long are ISPs supposed to hold all the information? Like 5 years? 10 years? Is it regulated?

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