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I think it's interesting that these articles are always from the PoV of living in a surveillance state. What about legitimate uses of geofence warrants? Does
by cnst 7y ago
I think it's interesting that these articles are always from the PoV of living in a surveillance state.
What about legitimate uses of geofence warrants? Does that not exist?
What if your mobile device gets stolen? Why should you not have the right to get its location easily? Happened to me in Northern California, and both AT&T and the police were useless. Part of the reason why I'm not very interested in returning to Cali.
- chrischen 7y agoYou have a right... so long as you don’t encroach on others’ rights.
- cnst 7y agoWell, it's my phone and service, I paid for it, and I want to give the police the address of the perpetrators for them to check out. But, no, I'm not allowed to do that, because privacy; and, no, the police in California won't do that, either, because courts are overcrowded, and they don't feel like asking the judge for a warrant that AT&T requires. I don't think the criminals who steal my device are supposed to have any privacy rights. Just sayin'.
- chrischen 7y agoActually the real reason is probably that the GPS data isnMt that accurate nor real time enough that they can just go to the spot and it pinpoints the person, so they aren’t going to go on a wild goose chase to recover your private property while other more serious crimes are being committed.