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Isn't "evidence in plain view" always permissible, and isn't a face in plain view (unless obscured, which would require a command to remove clothing)?
by jjtheblunt 5y ago
Isn't "evidence in plain view" always permissible, and isn't a face in plain view (unless obscured, which would require a command to remove clothing)?
- withinboredom 5y agoI hardly think a face scan during a traffic stop counts as evidence that the infraction was committed. “Look here your honor, anyone with that face would have run a stop sign. No not the face they have, but this photo/3d scan I took!”
- uoaei 5y agoLaws regularly go obsolete because of new technologies. The issue isn't the letter of the law but the inflexibility in adjusting to new, more intrusive ways of invading privacy. That law was written at a time where it was believed humans don't have databases in their heads. That is still true, but the effect can now be simulated with a mobile device, which brings new threats to agency as a free citizen of a nation.
- inter_netuser 5y agothe inflexibility of the law? surely that's up to the interpretation of the judge?
- sixothree 5y agoIt's really a matter of creating a false positive to give the officer permission to search a car or a phone and find more incriminating evidence. End of story.