{"id":128497,"date":"2015-11-04T00:03:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T07:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/04\/if-the-police-need-warrants-to-eavesdrop-then-the-terrorists-win.html"},"modified":"2015-11-04T23:03:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T06:03:36","slug":"if-the-police-need-warrants-to-eavesdrop-then-the-terrorists-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/04\/if-the-police-need-warrants-to-eavesdrop-then-the-terrorists-win.html","title":{"rendered":"If the police need warrants to eavesdrop, THEN THE TERRORISTS WIN!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local cops will often not even acknowledge using Stingray devices (which basically act as fake cell towers to intercept calls), at the insistence of both the feds they borrow from and the manufactures of the devices themselves. <\/p>\n<p>What a radical thought to actually require a <i>warrent<\/i> (eek!) before engaging in &quot;search and seizure&quot;. What will they think of next?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+WIRED<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Federal lawmakers introduced a new bill that would require state and local law enforcement agencies to obtain a warrant before they could use stingray devices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/wrd.cm\/1MwQzgl'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/cBmLBOEiA1ccOcYTJOkUctSS7e8jS6KpWQsYhCLAC01qDiGYMvIHar_l5c0agANlgFFMysNLu1UqIe4Wqx8BZbfTi-b5el4ZQasqfYbn3CI2K39YxkVDPd7W3CDSjTnOgKk_oBuT5MIz_bfHp7abq8QJJD-L=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/wrd.cm\/1MwQzgl'>New Bill Would Force Cops to Get Stingray Warrants<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/Qtac55sYsnV'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local cops will often not even acknowledge using Stingray devices (which basically act as fake cell towers to intercept calls), at the insistence of both the feds they borrow from and the manufactures of the devices themselves. What a radical thought to actually require a warrent (eek!) before engaging in &quot;search and seizure&quot;. What will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/04\/if-the-police-need-warrants-to-eavesdrop-then-the-terrorists-win.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;If the police need warrants to eavesdrop, THEN THE TERRORISTS WIN!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-privacy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134824,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/22\/use-stingray-devices-without-warrant-declared-unconstitutional.html","url_meta":{"origin":128497,"position":0},"title":"Use of Stingray devices without a warrant declared unconstitutional","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 22-Sep-17 7:46am","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the disadvantages of a more connected world -- a world where those connections are not just fun, but a critical part of daily life -- is that connections make it easier to track you in various ways. 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