> That is under the 4th Amendment land-line phone users have a reasonable expectation of privacy
This wasn't always the case. In fact the government argued the exact opposite for years.
This wasn't always the case. In fact the government argued the exact opposite for years.
I suppose pay phones are landlines, but reasonable expectation of privacy is more complicated - originally courts upheld reasonable expectation of privacy when there was a phone booth, but not when the pay phone was in the open - this varies from state to state but I would not be surprised if this expectation of privacy has whittled away in the majority of states.