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Doesn't such tracking require a warrant?

Looking at call logs may require less.



Cops can freely buy anything from one of Peter Thiel's panopticon products. He can buy all the data from brokers and companies for a pretty high price, and sell it to cops for an equally stupid price, and your tax dollars get used to bypass the entire concept of a warrant.


No, no need for a warrant. If the cops ask nicely (as opposed to making a demand), and the provider provides the info, there was no need for a warrant. That is the common process today.




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