New York Times June 11, 2001 Court Restricts Heat-Sensor Searches By David Stout WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court today reiterated the right of privacy in the age of technology, ruling in an Oregon drug case that the police cannot use a heat-seeking device to probe the interior of a home without a search warrant. -----Original Message----- From: vance(a)neurotica.com [mailto:vance@neurotica.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 8:10 PM To: Zane H. Healy Cc: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Collecting, Hacking and the Spooks (was: Gulf War, dummies, On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Zane H. Healy wrote: <snip> Back when I used an ES/9000 in my parents house, I managed to attract the attention of the law. There were two DEA agents from the local office with one of the local sheriff's deputys with him. They showed up and asked me if I was growing marijuana. I said something to the effect of, "What gave you that idea?" They showed me a report from the power company. I laughed and told them to come look for themselves. They were quite unprepared for the size of my computer, I can tell you that. 8-) Peace... Sridhar