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A quick definition of electronic surveillance:

Electronic surveillance is when someone uses a device to listen to or watch other people's private conversations or activities. This can include things like recording phone calls, tracking someone's location through their phone, or watching them through a camera. The government sometimes uses electronic surveillance to catch criminals, but they need a special permission called a warrant to do it. People have a right to privacy, so electronic surveillance can be a controversial issue.

A more thorough explanation:

Electronic surveillance refers to the use of electronic, mechanical, or other devices to acquire information from wire or electronic communications. This includes wiretapping, bugging, videotaping, geolocation tracking, data mining, social media mapping, and monitoring internet traffic. The information obtained can include the identity of the parties involved, the substance of the communication, and its meaning.

For example, wire communications involve the transfer of information via a wire or cable, while electronic communications refer to the transfer of information through electronic means such as email or VoIP. Geolocation tracking can be done through RFID, GPS, or cell-site data.

Electronic surveillance can implicate the Fourth Amendment right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures. The Supreme Court has ruled that electronic eavesdropping is a search and seizure, and therefore subject to the same warrant requirements as other searches. However, there are exceptions for exigent circumstances, such as when a situation threatens a person's life or national security.

Domestic surveillance legislation includes the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) permits electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence gathering, with specific requirements for obtaining a warrant. The Patriot Act and USA Freedom Act have modified and extended provisions related to electronic surveillance.

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10:38
Very happy with LR other than having to guess on a couple questions cuz of time
10:42
i have a question about my personal statement. in my activism for the hospitality workers' union, i organized and spoke up in favor of stronger regulations on airbnb because the unregulated spread of airbnb throughout LA was inflating housing costs for workers and threatening their job security. do you think it's too divisive to mention regulating airbnb? idk
Nostradumbass
10:44
I wrote mine about how all activists should be consolidated into a large smelting pot and refined down to a viscous goo
Nostradumbass
10:45
Expecting a lot of rejections though
11:07
I'm sure you'll get a full ride to a few schools :P
11:11
The impression I get is most schools try not to judge based on the political implications of what you write about. They probably care more that you saw a problem and tried to fix it. That seems like a great thing to write a PS about @chowie
11:18
Besides, if a school didn’t let you in for trying to fix a problem you saw in your community, that doesn’t say great things about your school’s culture (assuming the thing you did showed good common sense judgment ofc)
11:19
That school’s* culture
11:23
Thanks Howl you're right :D I def talked about solving problems in my PS
12:03
@HowlEngineer: what's your dream school
MildChiller
12:08
"Have you applied for admission to [school] in a prior year" I applied in Oct. of the 23-24 cycle, should I put 23 or 24 as the year I applied?
MildChiller
12:09
Bcuz 2023 is when I technically applied but I applied for admissions in 2024
12:14
2024 cuz that's when you would've been admitted
I agree with Howl
12:19
Gecko what's ur dream school
Hard to say. I'm pretty firmly committed to the philly area so probably temple or villanova
Also relatively debt averse so I'd have to get a good scholarship from BC or Fordham to want to go but that's not very likely for me
Any advice? lol
[] baddestbunny
12:25
what’s a good scholarship for you? what would make BC or Fordham worth it?
12:25
Hmmmm let me think
[] baddestbunny
12:25
fordham’s max aid they give is 45k per year
Bunny I can possibly get a 75%+ scholarship from villanova or temple, and I'd be moving back in with my parents if I went there so I'd have near-zero COL. It'd be really hard to beat that
I would prefer BC over Fordham just because I like boston more, but I'm expecting a WL there tbh
I would maybe consider BC with $ but I don't know how to decide if a better biglaw chance is worth the COL + higher tuition
12:50
How do I know if my status checkers are properly linked
12:59
@ChowieBean: right now, Michigan, but there are several that come close. How about you?
13:05
@Law01: I haven't gotten the status checkers to work at all. When I sent an email to the LSData folks the other week, they said they were working on fixing them
13:10
but I think "Last Checked" would change from "Never" to something else
13:30
@HowlEngineer: I'll get more specific once I get my LSAT score, but NYU, Berk, GTown, UCLA
13:30
Anywhere that's top for PI
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