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In a 5-4 decision in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States , the SCOTUS determined that poli
by RyanCavanaugh 8y ago
In a 5-4 decision in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States , the SCOTUS determined that police can't use thermal imaging on a house without a search warrant. I wonder what the vote would have been if the justices could have seen videos like this.
- kolpa 8y agoThis seems nearly identical issue; why would you suspect the vote would differ?
- themodelplumber 8y agoSo this MIT method would be OK, since it's not thermal?
- fermienrico 8y agoIt is still radiation of photons. Just different wavelengths (IR vs Radio).
- viggity 8y agoFWIW, I don't think the cops were using thermal imaging to detect humans within a house - they were using it to detect abnormally high heat - from high temperature lamps used to grow pot. Originally they'd talk to the power company to see who is drawing irregularly high levels of power, but the growers started using diesel power generators to power their grow lights.
- JTbane 8y agoSometimes I wonder is this could be mitigated by literally covering your walls in aluminum foil. Maybe those "tinfoil hats" are on to something.
- binarymax 8y agoJust get aluminum siding, which was very popular before people switched to vinyl.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoHaving pulled some of it off to switch to vinyl I wish it was still readily available. It's orders of magnitude more durable than vinyl.