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Re:EFF to Supreme Court: The Fourth Amendment Covers DNA Col... by joering2 on Thursday February 19, 2015 @03:34PM (#9076820)
> Picking up papers out of the trash has always been fair game for law enforcement

AFAIK LE still needs a warrant of some kind in order to go through your trash. At least that's what I remember from watching The Star Chamber.

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Re:EFF to Supreme Court: The Fourth Amendment Covers DNA Col... by rhino369 on Thursday February 19, 2015 @05:35PM (#9077609)
It probably varies by jurisdiction, but generally, trash is abandoned and you retain no rights over it.
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