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Recording cameras on buses also catch plenty of indiscriminate random conversation. These recording devices were placed in a public space, so you have no expect
by GauntletWizard 11y ago
Recording cameras on buses also catch plenty of indiscriminate random conversation. These recording devices were placed in a public space, so you have no expectation of privacy. However that doesn't mean that they should be permitted in court or is that the FBI isn't quite rude in having placed them.
It really is up to the judges to prevent tainted evidence and flat out fishing from being made cases of. The method is not unreasonable, in the right circumstances, but the justification and building of a case makes all the difference.
- gohrt 11y ago> so you have no expectation of privacy. > However that doesn't mean that they should be permitted in court Really? I thought these two items were quite tightly connected.
- gleenn 11y agoThey also don't record sound which is a huge difference. You can try and read people's lips but that's a whole different ball game. Recording voice without explicit consent in California is illegal.
- sologoub 11y agoThe expectation to privacy and the admissibility of the evidence is closely tied together. The problem here is that I would argue that a reasonable person would not expect that his or her conversation in "hushed voices" (from the article) would be recorded by the normal security cameras located in the public space. Without knowing the details, it's really hard to say, but it sounds like this was a very targeted operation more similar in nature to bugging the home than to a general purpose security camera catching a glimpse of someone on the street.