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The Obscure Case That Shaped Privacy for Decades

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In 1928, a bootlegger named Roy Olmstead got caught because police

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wiretapped his phone without a warrant. The Supreme Court said it was totally fine because

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they didn't physically enter his property. Wild, right? This case actually

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legalized warrantless wiretapping for almost 40 years. Your private phone calls weren't protected

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by the Fourth Amendment unless cops literally broke into your house. It wasn't until

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1967 that this got overturned. Think about that. For four decades, law enforcement could

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listen to anyone's conversations without permission, and it was completely legal. This one obscure

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case shaped how privacy laws worked for generations. Now here's what blows my mind.

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