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Re:U.S. Used Patriot Act to Gather Logs of Website Visitors by jimbob45 on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:06AM (#25356092)
Wouldn’t we have heard about this more from evidence presented in courts though? Like surely this is quantifiable if they’re actionably using ill-gotten evidence to prosecute.
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Re:U.S. Used Patriot Act to Gather Logs of Website Visitors by esja on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:16AM (#25356152)
Not if they are using parallel construction:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

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Re:U.S. Used Patriot Act to Gather Logs of Website Visitors by Lammy on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:18AM (#25356161)
This looks like a job for Parallel Construction!

Why would they even risk showing ill-gotten evidence? It would be way easier to just keep that evidence secret and have a cop stand in the right spot to arrest the mark as they go about their usual routine. They probably "look suspicious".

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Re:U.S. Used Patriot Act to Gather Logs of Website Visitors by dundercoder on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:12AM (#25356124)
Not if it were part of the secret court proceedings happening under the same pretenses.
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