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By requiring warrants, they're involving the judicial branch. Before, government investigators were dealing directly with the communications providers and bypa
by mchannon 8y ago
By requiring warrants, they're involving the judicial branch.
Before, government investigators were dealing directly with the communications providers and bypassing judicial oversight.
- scarface74 8y agoThe judicial branch is just going to rubber stamp anything that the police say they want.
- mchannon 8y agoYes, but now the police have to do the work of asking, which is better than nothing.
- squozzer 8y agoAND a judge has to put their name on it. Granted, IDs of judges are kept secret for certain courts, BUT nothing stays secret forever, e.g. Stasi records in the former DDR.
- timdev2 8y agoProbable cause is a low bar, but it's quantifiably higher than no bar. What constitutes sufficient PC for a warrant is a related, but distinct issue from whether PC (however interpreted) is required at all.
- mrguyorama 8y agoAs stated by another comment, now they have to create the standard paper trail for each tracking instance, which makes accountability and transparency a semi-valid possibility