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JMCKUSICK

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4. There's one very profound difference,

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 25, 2026, 08:14 PM

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Security cameras are known and public, my cell phone should not be.

Would you have been ok with a random search of neighborhood landlines thirty years ago so police could see through your use whether people were home or not on a particular night to see if one might be a suspect because of it?

I think we've sleepwalked out privacy rights away too much already. If anything, I think the phone makers need to create them so that location is automatically shut off and must be manually activated versus the opposite setup now.

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Supreme Court to hear case on phone location warrants used to catch bank robber [View all] BumRushDaShow Saturday OP

Honestly it's not much different than the police obtaining security camera recording from surrounding businesses. cstanleytech Saturday #1

Exactly! Very good analogy! reACTIONary Saturday #2

And if they used it to identify all of us at a particular protest? JMCKUSICK Saturday #3

In the case of geofencing I think a warrant is required.... reACTIONary Saturday #5

There's one very profound difference, JMCKUSICK Saturday #4

A land line.... reACTIONary Saturday #6

"A land line........ doesn't tell anyone if you are home or not" BumRushDaShow Sunday #11

think of it like this. cstanleytech Saturday #7

Agreed. reACTIONary Saturday #9

Next item for police...like ice.. 3825-87867 Saturday #8

The case at hand is limited to information about pings to a cell tower.... reACTIONary Saturday #10

Even if... 2naSalit Sunday #12

If SCOTUS rules against it... reACTIONary Sunday #14

Okay, let's hold on the rest of this story and ask one very important question. OldBaldy1701E Sunday #13

One thing we have going for us is that... reACTIONary Sunday #15

How did he get $195,000 out of a teller station? I thought they only had 2K or so ready Bengus81 Sunday #16

So, this happened a few decades ago. OldBaldy1701E 20 hrs ago #17