IP: heat sensor scanning ruled illegal

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Reply-To: <dooling () home com>
> From: "Richard Dooling" <dooling () home com>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
>
> whoops, i'll try again
>
> June 11, 2001
>
> Court Restricts Heat-Sensor Searches Of Private Homes
>
> By DAVID STOUT (nyt)
>
> WASHINGTON, June 11 — The Supreme Court today reiterated the right of
> privacy in the age of technology, ruling in an Oregon drug case that the
> police cannot use a heat-seeking device to probe the interior of a home
> without a search warrant.
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/11/national/11CND-SEARCH.html
>
> Seems that most of these arguments would apply if they were scanning your
> computer for illegal content or deployments.
>
> richard dooling



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