Welcome to the fun world of anticipatory obstruction of justice.
Yes... you can be charged & convicted of obstruction by way of destroying evidence that is not yet being sought but that you think might be.
If you are already under arrest or otherwise detained when they decide to illegally search your phone... I don't think the castle doctrine or even very wide interpretation of stand your ground will help you... doubly so as they would have already checked you for dangerous objects on your person.
It's not so clear cut.
They generally can't compel you to turn over your encryption keys so they can go on a fishing expedition through your encrypted hard drive, looking for evidence with which to proceed... but they can compel you if they know you have specific evidence that they will find (ie they saw kiddie porn on your PC before you closed it and it required a password to log back in)
Dish Network also has the permission of those whose signals they retransmit to do so... had Aereo done the same, this case would not have gone to court.
It's only that last step which is illegal... hence why Slingbox is legal and will remain so... because it's something you can do yourself... like putting an antenna on the top of a building and running a cable line to your home... the moment you do so for others though... then you are breaking the law.
Nay, Slingbox is where you do it for yourself... something you've always been able to do, just like climbing a mountain, sticking an antenna on it and running the cable back to your home for your own use.
What this court ruling said... similar to what was legislated in the 70's... is more or less that by doing so for others as a service (without permission of the copyright holders)... it is a public performance and thus illegal.
any cell tower that's not in a location already know to the public
While I admit that I've never asked... do you think your average cell phone company will give you a list of geo-located towers they operate?
its impossible to record anything without paying for a subscription fee which is silly
Do you think that is by accident?
Despite the company name, they are in the cloud storage business... the cameras they sell are just a way to encourage you to use them to store your data... little different from a locked down phone which can only buy apps/music/movies from a single store.
The big upshot they have though... is that their cameras require no on-prem services which can go down just as easily (if not more so) than your router & cable/dsl modem.
And these are the people we want to trust making decisions about our healthcare?
It's a cartel... and you only get to join and enjoy the perks if they let you in.
Yes, you could go start "Em's Policing", but then the existing law enforcement folks might not take too kindly to the competition and charge you with imitating a police officer, as well as the other acts you committed while in their eyes, pretending.
It all goes back to the old line of "What is the difference between government and a band of highwaymen? Scale."
Have you forgotten all of the carve outs in various laws which make it legal for law enforcement to do/own things that your average civilian is prohibited from?
You and I can't legally run red lights or drive faster than the posted speed... but when a cop turns on his lights, they can.
They should just contact the NSA. I'm sure they've got copies.
So you go for a biased site rather than the Inspector General's report?
Bravo!
Keep enjoying your Kool-Aid.
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