Combating crime/ Protecting privacy
The
reported use of a new radar device that allows law enforcement officers
to peer inside the homes of US citizens violates individual
privacy rights, including protection against unlawful searches, experts
told Sputnik on Friday.
“A court order must be required
before radar is used to invade our privacy. Advances
in technology and new technologies should not become an excuse
to violate our privacy and Constitutional protections,” Professor
of Communications at the University of Southern California, Dr.
A. Michael Noll said, when asked about the device’s capability
to penetrate walls and track the movement of people inside their
homes.
Noll, who described the new radar system
capabilities as “disturbing,” also said it raised the age-old question
of how to balance combating crime with protecting privacy,
epitomized by the legal conundrum wiretapping presented years ago.
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