Police now need a warrant to get a person's IP address, Supreme Court rules

[TLG]

by Peter Zimonjic2024-03-01 · 10:40 a.m. EST <br />
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The Supreme Court of Canada made a key privacy ruling Friday that means police must now first have a warrant or court order to obtain the numbers...

[dishuser]

and it protects the owner of the ip address of being charged for something that a stranger committed after hacking their wifi

[steveOtoo]

Get a VPN..............sorta like wearing a condom

[alex70olds]

Interesting. So if I leave my wi-fi open, does that mitigate my liability via plausible denial? &quot;My neighbor must have used my wi-fi&quot; What about MAC addy? <br />
Hope you are well, love and miss ya! <br />
Alex

[uncl3.si]

Interesting. So if I leave my wi-fi open, does that mitigate my liability via plausible denial? "My neighbor must have used my wi-fi" What about MAC addy?
Hope you are well, love and miss ya!
Alex

i can spoof you mac addies also.. lol

[Highwayman]

this is a good point but never trust a cop to do an investigation on his own lol i wouldnt trust a cop to scrub my toilet <br />
&quot;The idea that police could obtain an IP address without any judicial...