I just knew there’d be at least one apologist for the police state to chime in.
Wait a minute.
Your pot shot is way out of line.
I raised this issue for the benefit of our FR community’s awareness.
A rational person would want to know Why this police electronic forensic device has been created and is in use.
Credit card skimming and ID fraud is a crime that costs Billions of dollars per year and harms millions of it’s victims.
Police and detectives have had a very difficult time catching criminal card skimmers who prey on the public via Gas station and ATM machines.
They exfiltrate consumers credit and debit card information from those terminals and hide the stolen $$$ financial information on credit / debit / gift cards as an easy way to launder electronic dollars.
This ERAD system is a tool that allows a detective to read cards by physically swiping them thru the ERAD reader.
The HUGE 4th and 5th Ammendment issue is a matter of whether this forensic device will be misused by law enforcement.
What is the probable cause that allows a LEO to stop an individual and try to access their cards?
Will there be a warrant that permits them to access and scan your cards?
Who / what specifically allows a police officer to “freeze” a bank account, essentially seizing it?
Where is the due process?
Read the article and carefully consider appropriate and inappropriate use of this new forensic LEO tool.
Don’t take a cheap shot at the messenger who has brought up this civil liberties issue.
RE: “I just knew there’d be at least one apologist for the police state to chime in.”