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The CFAA exempts law enforcement agencies so I don't think you are correct.

>This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State, or of an intelligence agency of the United States



Yes, and even if it didn't specifically exempt them it wouldn't necessarily affect the rules of evidence/fourth amendment stuff. My point was that "if a regular guy did this it would be a crime so maybe it's not quite the same as looking through the blinds."




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