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So the tools, infrastructure and contacts are all there for police to hit a button / make a phone call and get your private data. Why bother getting a warrant
by task_queue 11y ago
So the tools, infrastructure and contacts are all there for police to hit a button / make a phone call and get your private data.
Why bother getting a warrant if you can open your laptop and have your suspicions validated in five minutes?
Access shouldn't be in the hands of local departments with little to no accountability. I'd go as far to say that access shouldn't be made available at all, but it's almost 2016 and that isn't changing.
http://theantimedia.org/local-sheriffs-dept-used-stingray-surveillance-more-than-300-times-without-a-warrant/ http://theantimedia.org/local-sheriffs-dept-used-stingray-su...
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/ny-cops-used-stingray-spy-tool-46-times-without-warrant/ http://www.wired.com/2015/04/ny-cops-used-stingray-spy-tool-...