From: rishab@dxm.ernet.in
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 94 11:20:13 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Wiretap, search and seizure
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> The other issue, perhaps the real issue, is that wiretaps have more limited 
> 4th amendment protections than do physical/intrusive devices.

This is even truer in most other countries. For instance, in the UK, 
interception comes under the authorities' prerogatory powers, and is not 
equivalent to (or balanced by other laws as) 'search and seizure'. India, which
derives its laws from the UK, faces a similar situation though here the
powers are 'statutory'.

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