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Hutzpa

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19. Okay... maybe I misread your post because of this sentence

Reply to SomethingFishy (Reply #18)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 04:59 PM

Jan 2015

If I'm standing outside my front door it's legal for them to spy on me but not if I'm standing inside? And they know the difference how?

Specifically this line threw me off slightly

And they know the difference how?

which is the main reason I suggested not to be naive, but now that you've made your point clear I can see exactly what you meant which is our privacy is been taken away from us by unscrupulous individuals whose sole purpose is to benefit from the ignorance of the majority of the American people.

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FBI says search warrants not needed to use �stingrays� in public places [View all] Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 OP

One more squeeze on privacy in America nt newfie11 Jan 2015 #1

No--it's actually pretty consistent with Smith v. Maryland. You'd still need a warrant msanthrope Jan 2015 #12

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One would think that a simple memo from the Attorney General Lurks Often Jan 2015 #3

An abomination on personal privacy, civil liberties and the rule of law. These things must have Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #4

Didn't the SCOTUS rule in the 90s that cell phones have no expectation of privacy? MohRokTah Jan 2015 #5

Technologically that hasn't been true since the late 90s LeftyMom Jan 2015 #6

Land lines are also in public places. So what stopped them from tapping the lines? L0oniX Jan 2015 #7

IIRC, they could tap payphones w/o a warrant. jeff47 Jan 2015 #8

No---I think it's Katz---a conversation (content) of a payphone would not be recordable without a msanthrope Jan 2015 #11

Aren't the Stingray devices JimDandy Jan 2015 #20

At the rate Law Enforcements are killing black people in this country Hutzpa Jan 2015 #9

good info frylock Jan 2015 #13

Then the pen register argument JimDandy Jan 2015 #21

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Riddle me this Batman: How is it even fucking remotely possible SomethingFishy Jan 2015 #15

Please don't be this naive. Hutzpa Jan 2015 #16

Seriously? SomethingFishy Jan 2015 #18

Okay... maybe I misread your post because of this sentence Hutzpa Jan 2015 #19

Range and position. jeff47 Jan 2015 #17