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With a warrant, they definitely can legally record you without your consent and your knowledge, e.g. secretly invading your home and placing recording devices t
by PeterisP 2y ago
With a warrant, they definitely can legally record you without your consent and your knowledge, e.g. secretly invading your home and placing recording devices there - IMHO that's the point of the parent post; while there are checks and balances that require legal review, in the end, the government can do all that unilaterally after a judge approves that it is necessary.
- Ajay-p 2y agoYes. Not just with a warrant, but often without a warrant or just cause. The police can lie to you, violate your rights, and do almost anything they want to you, but if you don't have body cam or other video/audio evidence, as so many, many people have found, you are screwed. There is an excellent shortcut called "Hey Siri, I'm being pulled over" that "will dim your phone, pause any music being played, and start recording video from your front-facing camera." Not all cops are bad, but the power imbalance makes these issues necessary for citizens to protect themselves. https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/17/21293996/siri-iphone-shortcut-pulled-over-police-starts-recording-video https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/17/21293996/siri-iphone-shor...
- judge2020 2y agoMy point is that the same body of text (state law) that defines wiretapping laws (recording consent) also defines that the police can record without consent with a warrant and/or with probable cause - and if not, the footage (and other gathered evidence) is both inadmissible in court and could be grounds for a lawsuit depending on how egregiously they violated your rights.