Justices Look at Heat-Seeker's Ability
Justices Look at Heat-Seeker's Ability to Pierce the Home: Arguing before the Supreme Court, Michael R. Dreeben, a deputy solicitor general arguing for the government, defended the use of thermal imaging searches by saying, 'Heat loss is an inevitable feature of heat in a structure. That's why there is an insulation industry.' In essence, citizens who fail to anticipate -- and take counter-measures against -- the powers of new technology have no Fourth Amendment rights. (At the same time, the government doesn't want you to hide information through encryption.)