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by ahepp 1951 days ago
My understanding is that (some) law enforcement agencies have been more than happy to drop cases rather than subject investigative tools to proper scrutiny[0]. They have no qualms resorting to "parallel construction"[1], and simply using the inadmissible (sometimes illegal) evidence to find admissible evidence.

[0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/fbi-would-rather...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

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Stingrays are more useful as an investigative tool than an evidentiary tool. DNA is the other way around.