On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Sunder wrote:
If it was only a thermal imaging device involved it might fly (like a bird can cross your property line with impunity).
And what says that I can't shoot down a bird that flies over my property provided my property is large enough to prevent me shooting bullets through the neighbors' windows?
Well that depends on the sort of bird and where your property is.
However, all the thermal image device does is frequency shift the radiation to a range that IS VISIBLE BY HUMAN EYES. It's still a human being looking at the image and making evaluations of it.
Does it? Yes. Does it allow the user to see through blinds? Yes. Does it allow the user to see through some kinds of walls? Yes. Wait, what was that first word there again? You know "blinds?" The word implies something.
Yeah, a clear invasion of privacy without probably cause to 'unlock' or remove those blinds.
Reasonable expectation of privacy in your home. Seeing through said blinds violates this.
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