> Whom would this benefit? If some innocent member of the victim's household is worried about their privacy, they can challenge it. If only the victim's privacy is at stake, why should Amazon fight?
One of the government's favorite arguments is that people don't have the legal standing to challenge it's actions. You could bet on that being their very first argument in a case where somebody in the household challenged it based upon their privacy concerns.
"Deputy Forbert ran the vehicle’s tag number and the Defendant’s criminal history came back positive. Deputy Forbert subsequently arrested the Defendant and the vehicle was searched, revealing a firearm and controlled substances."
Ummmm...so he arrested the driver for having a criminal history and then searched the vehicle, finding the weapon and drugs?
What was he originally arrested for in order to justify the search?
Re: What millions do routinely many times a day isn't
"It's foolish that if criminals simply encrypt their accounts / plans / whatever then it's beyond reach of all police. The criminality enabled by this would destroy civilization."
Don't forget that thr lack of encryption allows criminals an easier path to commit their crimesm too. Crimes that claim a vast plethora of victims. You know, crimes like identity theft, trade secret espionage, and warrantless searches.
"My thought was similar, just call it a "High Speed Interceptor" and all should be good. After all, you need something to chase down other cars full of cash."
Glad to know here in the US we don't have General Warrants...all we have is the All Writs Act, Third Party Doctrine, Plain Sight Exception and just about any other excuse law enforcement can dream up.
"He was testifying on behalf of another person facing child porn charges."
Why do I sense that the conversation at the local FBI office was along the lines of, "He's testifying in a child porn case, so if we bust him too we can claim we broke up a sex trafficking ring."
Re: Re: When privateering was halted officially...
"1) Eliminate the profit angle. The one making the seizure gets none of the proceeds, no matter how little or how much it is. Instead, any funds goes straight into the budget of the local public defense lawyers, in addition to their usual budget."
Except the ink wouldn't even be dry on that proposal before someone decided that the only budget public defense should get is from seized funds.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Correlation fallacy?
Except in some places like Washington, that is now illegal without going through an FFL and a background check.
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Re: Why challenge it?
One of the government's favorite arguments is that people don't have the legal standing to challenge it's actions. You could bet on that being their very first argument in a case where somebody in the household challenged it based upon their privacy concerns.
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Ummmm...so he arrested the driver for having a criminal history and then searched the vehicle, finding the weapon and drugs?
What was he originally arrested for in order to justify the search?
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It keeps going, and going, and going
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Re: What millions do routinely many times a day isn't
Don't forget that thr lack of encryption allows criminals an easier path to commit their crimesm too. Crimes that claim a vast plethora of victims. You know, crimes like identity theft, trade secret espionage, and warrantless searches.
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Re: Re:
So the Fast and The Furious meets Mad Max?
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Why do I sense that the conversation at the local FBI office was along the lines of, "He's testifying in a child porn case, so if we bust him too we can claim we broke up a sex trafficking ring."
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Re: Re: When privateering was halted officially...
Except the ink wouldn't even be dry on that proposal before someone decided that the only budget public defense should get is from seized funds.
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Re: Check prior cases
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Governments everywhere respond with "Hold my beer."
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