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"cases like Smith v. Maryland, in which the courts argued that people generally gave up an expectation of privacy with regard to their phone records simply thro
by pmorici 17y ago
"cases like Smith v. Maryland, in which the courts argued that people generally gave up an expectation of privacy with regard to their phone records simply through the act of dialing their phone"
This seems wrong, why stop at the number, one could argue that you give up your expectation of privacy with respect to your voice and data which is transmitted through the phone company equipment as well.
- martey 17y agohttp://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=442&page=735 http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&... As the CNet article noted, Justice Blackmun and the 3 judges that agreed with him thought that there was a distinction between the phone numbers the petitioner dialed (obviously recorded by the phone company, still they would later appear on his bill) and the contents of his conversation (not obviously recorded, and already protected by Katz v United States). The three dissenting judges agreed with you, but there were less of them, so their views did not become law.