The police in Florida have used "Stingray" cell phone tracking technology over 200 times without getting a warrant, or even ever telling a judge about it. It seems the reason for this is that they signed a Non-disclosure agreementWP with the company that provided the technology. More information can be found at the Wired article. (NOTE: A "Stingray" device is something which pretends to be a cellphone tower and thus tricks a cellphone into revealing it's number and location)
If this really is the reason the cops didn't reveal what they're doing, that would be a hole in the 4th amendment big enough to pilot the Death Star through. It would provide incentives for any company that sells/leases equipment to the cops to include such an NDA, since many cops would no doubt like to use that equipment without having to obtain warrants. And if the police could outsource something they did to a company with an NDA...
If this really is the reason the cops didn't reveal what they're doing, that would be a hole in the 4th amendment big enough to pilot the Death Star through. It would provide incentives for any company that sells/leases equipment to the cops to include such an NDA, since many cops would no doubt like to use that equipment without having to obtain warrants. And if the police could outsource something they did to a company with an NDA...
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