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by jerrya 4793 days ago
The Court, including Scalia, has already ruled that technology can be suppressed when it comes up against Constitutional protections.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States

(And at other times, various courts have ruled:

    * citizens cannot decrypt encrypted cable tv signals passing through their homes
    * citizens cannot monitor even unencrypted cell phone transmissions) (I think)