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Re:Could the Government Get a Search Warrant for Your Thoughts? by praptak on Saturday July 27, 2013 @04:12PM (#6114245)
If such a machine exists then it's either a total ban on using it as evidence or the problem of "forced voluntary test": if you don't volunteer, the court infers you have something to hide. The govt doesn't even need the warrant in this case.
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Re:Could the Government Get a Search Warrant for Your Thoughts? by maaku on Saturday July 27, 2013 @05:01PM (#6114418)
There's this thing called the 5th amendment that prevents them from making such inference.
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Re:Could the Government Get a Search Warrant for Your Thoughts? by abecedarius on Saturday July 27, 2013 @05:46PM (#6114578)
You'd think so, right? http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/salinas-v-texas/ doesn't completely gut that protection, but give it time.
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Re:Could the Government Get a Search Warrant for Your Thoughts? by riggins on Saturday July 27, 2013 @03:24PM (#6114078)
there's a book called The Truth Machine that thinks about what the world might look like if we had a 100% accurate lie detector.

Fun book.

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Re:Could the Government Get a Search Warrant for Your Thoughts? by vaadu on Saturday July 27, 2013 @04:18PM (#6114266)
The spirit of the 5th amendment is that no one should be forced to help prosecute themselves.
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Re:Could the Government Get a Search Warrant for Your Thoughts? by Qantourisc on Saturday July 27, 2013 @01:33PM (#6113681)
The only way (currently known) is measuring brainwaves. This can only occur during activity, in witch a question has to be asked, and the the participant will most probably recall the memory.

As a result, this is avoiding laws (which is lame) and in a way you participated in incriminating yourself, but without your consent.

So it's torture without the pain.

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Re:Could the Government Get a Search Warrant for Your Thoughts? by Qantourisc on Saturday July 27, 2013 @01:35PM (#6113690)
Ow and if they allow it they should allow it for everyone involved in the case. And ask questions like: are you "Politically moved in your decisions ?", "Are you being forced/paid?", "Why are you really suing this person."

If we want the truth out, make it count for EVERYONE.

Preferably first by the person allowing the law.

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Re:Could the Government Get a Search Warrant for Your Thoughts? by VladRussian2 on Saturday July 27, 2013 @05:24PM (#6114490)
i see a market emerging for implantable "tin foil hats", ie. a mesh of thin wires implanted under the skin over the skull, so it isn't removable by a police or court order :)
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Re:Could the Government Get a Search Warrant for Your Thoughts? by future_grad on Saturday July 27, 2013 @02:49PM (#6113958)
There is a way that scientists have been able to analyze photos to discover the pulse of the person in it. Its very interesting, though I do not know the deeper details of it.

I am too lazy to find a link, if anyone else wants to share it that would be great.

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Re:Could the Government Get a Search Warrant for Your Thoughts? by hfsktr on Saturday July 27, 2013 @03:06PM (#6114013)
This?

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/amplifying-invisible-vide...

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Re:Could the Government Get a Search Warrant for Your Thoughts? by nitrogen on Saturday July 27, 2013 @07:29PM (#6114885)
I believe the term they use is "Eulerian magnification": http://people.csail.mit.edu/mrub/vidmag/
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Re:Could the Government Get a Search Warrant for Your Thoughts? by coldcode on Saturday July 27, 2013 @06:28PM (#6114729)
Could the people require those-who-write-laws' thoughts be recorded first? Imagine how much better our government would be if we knew 100% why they do what they do.
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