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points by jon128 2 days ago | 0 comments

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[–] roody15 2 days ago
Exactly. One of the most dystopian legal concepts that is just brushed over … or more likely most people don’t know it exists.

Imagine going to trial being charged with a crime and defend against a “pretend” investigation that could have theoretically happened.

Imagine that this passes legal scrutiny.

Mr. Smith after a long investigation and hundreds of hours of detective work we have evidence you are smuggling drugs and justice is served when we found you speeding on interstate 80.

Truth: we just illegally monitored you cell phone and later intercepted your direct conversation after using IMSI catcher to monitor all your texting patterns. An AI system detected an unusual pattern and alerted us to your activity.

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