[bigrich]

Big Brother is watching. They can track your cell without a warrant, they can record your movement with roving license plate trackers without a warrant, they have facial recognition software attached to cameras.

Taking it one step further, they are now planting microphones in public to record conversations private.

Quote:

Hidden microphones that are part of a clandestine government surveillance program that has been operating around the Bay Area has been exposed.

Imagine standing at a bus stop, talking to your friend and having your conversation recorded without you knowing. It happens all the time, and the FBI doesn’t even need a warrant to do it.

Federal agents are planting microphones to secretly record conversations.

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/05...-bay-area/

Apparently, this is all legal because you are not guaranteed privacy in public.

[fugly1000]

Can anyone do that also?

[Valentine]

"The walls have ears" hits a little closer every day.

[Foolsgo1d]

So the FBI wants to snoop on gays now? Who benefits from this.

[Mr. D]

(05-16-2016 12:33 PM)Foolsgo1d Wrote:  

So the FBI wants to snoop on gays now? Who benefits from this.

Gonzo porn directors?

[bigrich]

(05-16-2016 11:45 AM)fugly1000 Wrote:  

Can anyone do that also?

I just looked it up, federal law allows for the secret recording of conversations in public by ordinary citizens, journalists and corporations.

With meta data analysis, cheap storage space and high powered computer processors, I wonder if this will be used to monitor, protests, large crowds and gatherings. In addition to government surveillance, this could also be used marketing research.

This feels like it should be illegal though.

[DannyAlberta]

I suspect this is diverting much-required resources away from the Hillary Clinton email server investigation.

Stay on track FBI.

[weambulance]

(05-16-2016 04:26 PM)bigrich Wrote:  

(05-16-2016 11:45 AM)fugly1000 Wrote:  

Can anyone do that also?

I just looked it up, federal law allows for the secret recording of conversations in public by ordinary citizens, journalists and corporations.

With meta data analysis, cheap storage space and high powered computer processors, I wonder if this will be used to monitor, protests, large crowds and gatherings. In addition to government surveillance, this could also be used marketing research.

This feels like it should be illegal though.

It is illegal under CA state law. You can't just record people without their consent when they're having a private conversation, in public or not.* Just because you're standing on a sidewalk or sitting in a park does not mean you have no reasonable expectation of privacy. That's horseshit.

But like usual, the federal government does whatever the fuck it wants. Just one more reason to nix the 17th amendment.

If the state governments had any balls, they would arrest federal employees who violate state law. But nope, the states are pretty much all the federal government's whores these days. Gotta keep those federal funds rolling in! Besides, it's the people who take it up the ass, not the politicians, so what do they care?


*CA is a two party consent state, which means one person participating in the conversation can't record the person they're talking to without consent either. Some states are single party consent states, which is why I make the distinction.