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In reply to the discussion: Don't entertain this garbage. [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,122 posts)and miss the big point.
I received three calls from someone I don't know which were obviously butt dials. Same person. Each lasted several minutes. I could hear muffled talking in the background, and odd sounds. Obviously no one intended to call me.
The data for those calls would connect me to whoever called. It was not an isolated call - which would look like an accident. There were three calls. The calls were longer than a typical wrong number. If that person is identified as a person of interest - those three calls might make me, as well.
I am not specifically concerned about a butt dial being mistaken for terrorist participation - I am concerned about innocent patterns (like repeated butt dialing) trapping innocent people in a criminal or terrorist investigation they cannot extricate themselves from either because they can't prove a negative - or don't have the money to prove a negative.
And yes, our right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure, and our freedom of association is that important. If we forfeit that for the illusion of safety we will be neither safe nor free.