"In today's digital world, it appears to be a virtual certainty that computers accessing the Internet can—and eventually will—be hacked."
To apply to houses:
"In today's mechanized world, it appears to be a virtual certainty that houses connected to the earth can—and eventually will—be broken into."
Thus, warrants need not apply for search and seizure in houses. QED.
Or rather "... houses with doors can —and eventually will—be broken into."
And of course, do not speak at home (or do not expect any privacy).
I guess the answer is "sometimes, it's complicated"...
This may be all BS. But it's advice I've heard more than once.
If police are knocking, lock your door and say through a window: "I don't talk to police; have your dispatcher call me. If you have a warrant, here are my hands, go ahead and kick the door down". Then cover your ears, close your eyes, and wait.
If you feel you can't handle your affairs, make sure to lawyer up as soon as the police leave your house. You'll need to. let the lawyer know what you did, so he can take appropriate action.
Just remember that a lawyer, should (s)he put your needs above the needs of The People or The Court, (s)he would be disbarred. So don't expect magic to happen.
Home windows? If it is visible from a place where a normal person going about their normal activities can see, then no warrant.
For example, if someone walks up your walk to your stoop and there are windows that can been seen through from there, then no warrant. If they have to step off your walkway, walk around the side of your house, scramble through your bushes and pull themselves up to peer through, then a warrant would be required.
The point of mentioning "accessing the internet" is it's a lot easier for the hacker to scale up their wrongdoing with ease. It's much simpler to put a virus of some sort (say, a fake download button on a media sharing site) and reach a large audience, than it is to break into the homes of a similarly large group of people.
Where I primarily disagree with the judgment is that this notion makes it a "virtual certainty" that hacking occurs for any given person. Smart browsing habits, and general computer literacy, can make the odds decrease to near zero.
I suppose the analogy would be that just because Microsoft has the power to remotely upgrade your windows 10 install (and potentially install any back-door), that should not violate your expectation of privacy.