FBI Director James Comey warned Americans on Wednesday that privacy in America is completely and utterly dead. Comey told a Boston College conference on cybersecurity that the public need to forget about the notion of “absolute privacy” in this digital age. “There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America; there is no place outside of judicial reach,” Comey told attendees. “Even our communications with our spouses, with our clergy members, with our attorneys are not absolutely private in America. In appropriate circumstances, a judge can compel any one of us to testify in court about those very private communications.” ABC15.com reports: But, he also said Americans “have a reasonable expectation of privacy in our homes, in our cars, in our devices. “It is a vital part of being an American. The government cannot invade our privacy without good reason, reviewable in court,” Comey continued. In the last four months of 2016, the FBI lawfully gained access to 2,800 devices recovered in criminal, terrorism and counterintelligence investigations and the FBI was unable to open 43% of those devices, Comey said. Americans’ desire for privacy and security should never be viewed as incompatible, he said. “We all value privacy. We all value security. [...]