Police now need warrant to get a person's IP address, Supreme Court ruleswww.cbc.cacross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip RandAlThor ( @RandAlThor@lemmy.ca ) Canada@lemmy.ca • 4 months ago message-square15fedilinkarrow-up1137
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minus-square TheGibberishGuy ( @TheGibberishGuy@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink11•4 months agoWasn’t there something like this already? Swear I read couple months ago something about a police force buying data off data brokers to get around protections in place.
minus-square smoothbrain coldtakes ( @canis_majoris@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish12•4 months agoYeah it happened in the US though. Not that Canadian data standards are much higher.
minus-square wise_pancake ( @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink3•4 months agoNo the article was about the rcmp doing it too.
minus-square Showroom7561 ( @Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink5•4 months agoOh, FFS. That doesn’t even surprise me at this point!
Wasn’t there something like this already? Swear I read couple months ago something about a police force buying data off data brokers to get around protections in place.
Yeah it happened in the US though.
Not that Canadian data standards are much higher.
No the article was about the rcmp doing it too.
Oh, FFS. That doesn’t even surprise me at this point!