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Originally Posted by vranasaurus
I have no problem with law enforcement using technology to determine if someone is armed in appropriate circumstances such as:
2. In circumstances that would justify a valid Terry stop.
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It is too easy to manufacture reasonable suspicion post-hoc. Reasonable suspicion is too low a standard, and should have no place in search and seizure jurisprudence. I think Terry was a huge mistake.
Automated license plate tracking, drone surveillance, data mining of public databases, backscatter x-ray vans... mass surveillance is going to continue in one form or another because the general public isn't interested enough to voice protest, or they genuinely think it's no problem because they aren't familiar with what happens when databases start to be interconnected.
Mass data collection is a problem because those data could be released by disgruntled workers, because criminals could steal or bribe their way into possession of the data and use them to select targets, and because there are so many vague laws that with enough information collection, anyone can be prosecuted for violating one law or another.