PC World writes Big Brother Is Searching You "While everyone is concerned about privacy violations from Facebook Places, government agencies may be using powerful new technology to violate 4th-Amendment protection against unreasonable searches."
"The spirit of and the letter of this amendment is that government agencies are not allowed to go on hunting expeditions looking for violations or transgressions. If government officials want to search your property, they have to demonstrate good reason why they suspect you of committing a crime."
"The town of Riverhead on Long Island used Google Earth to search all back yards in the town for swimming pool transgressions. They found about 250 pools built without permits and collected about $75,000 in fines."
"A company called American Science and Engineering sells a high-end, tricked out security vehicle called the Z Backscatter Van. Its sole purpose, if used by government agencies, is to violate the 4th Amendment. The van sits there by the side of the road and X-rays cars passing by. It's like a full-body scan at the airport, but for cars...What the van does is unreasonable searches without probable cause and without the knowledge of the person who owns the property being searched."
Here's more on the Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed In Street-Roving Vans.
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