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A geofence warrant typo cast a location dragnet spanning two miles over SF
- pstrateman 3y ago"typo" sure
- flerchin 3y agoThe main use-case is to see what cellphones were in an area near a crime, right? So likely the SFPD got nothing useful for whatever they were investigating due to this typo.
- Terr_ 3y agoNot if data they got had enough information that they could do further filtering on their own. (For either legitimate or illegitimate reason.)
- deathanatos 3y ago"Typo"? … whoever is creating these polygons surely isn't punching in coordinates by hand … right? I mean there are websites that can do this graphically a Google query away, not to mention professional tooling… And the warrant was approved? That says the judge didn't read¹ the warrant, and "trust us our GeoJSON is chefs kiss" counts as not reading. (¹i.e., render: if you're not reading the information in a format that's going to make sense, you're not reading it. I.e., reading for comprehension here requires rendering.)
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- zonkerdonker 3y agoThere are so many stories of cops abusing tracking tools to stalk exes, my money would be on that rather than a "typo."
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 3y agoWhere’s the strict liability and three strikes for judges? The mens rea is plain: the judge at best negligently approved the warrant without verifying the details, at worst he corruptly approved it without regard for the gross area covered. Either way is patently unacceptable behavior from a judge that betrays a deep character flaw for which the judge should face life behind bars where they can serve their fellow prisoners with their legal knowledge. Any less is a gross miscarriage of justice and a disservice to the innumerable other non violent offenders who were imprisoned for less severe harm to society.