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"sense-enhancing technology like the camera function of an iPhone that is in general public use."

the language doesn't make it clear whether "in general public use" is the full scope or "in general public use, for the purpose adopted by law enforcement in this case".

iPhones and wifi are in general public use; the former is widely used to illuminate or look at things, the latter is rarely, if ever, used to see through the walls of a house.

If that's even a thing.



The closest thing I can think of is "in common use", as (poorly) defined in Caetano v Massachussets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caetano_v._Massachusetts


> If that's even a thing.

You'll be happy to learn IEE 802.11bf standardized wifi sensing granular enough to do gesture detection. When that becomes ubiquitous in ISP provided routers, your friendly neighbourhood police will be one warrant away from tracking your movement around your house.


Does it define "sense enhancing"? X-Rays could enhance vision by converting x-rays in to visible light.




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