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ams6110 on March 13, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: What Happens When the Surveillance State Becomes a...

Surveillance doesn't necessarily require a warrant, if it's something like watching who's coming and going from a public vantage point. Wiretapping, reading mail, other eavesdropping would.

mystic001 on March 13, 2016 | [–]

Triangulation seems very targeted and would require a warrant (which was the point of my comment).

bravo22 on March 13, 2016 | [–]

Right but in this case I imagine they would have gotten a warrant that would give them the IMSI based on the IP in the first place.

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