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Re:The U.S. government's long and shameful history of interc... by shadowgovt on Saturday August 07, 2021 @11:15PM (#28103943)
Yes, they can.

"Reasonable" changes over time, with available technology, and with the tolerance of the public. People don't much care for "We could've stopped that murder / caught that murderer, but we didn't use the resources available."

If there's a murder on a street corner, do we expect the cops to not pull camera records from every nearby store with an outward-facing camera?

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Re:The U.S. government's long and shameful history of interc... by irrational on Sunday August 08, 2021 @12:08AM (#28104135)
In my experience, cops won’t do any detective work anymore unless it directly affects them. Your house is broken into and the thieves dropped their wallet with their ID? The cops will not follow up on that and get your stuff back. Murder? Hardly.
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Re:The U.S. government's long and shameful history of interc... by shadowgovt on Sunday August 08, 2021 @07:12AM (#28105882)
Murder and theft are treated very differently (but yes, theft is under-prosecuted... The police are under-incentivized to pursue it because insurance usually makes the victim financially whole).
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