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[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago

This is just a 'probable cause generator', right? Nearly everyone will have something on them that will set off one of these wands (e.g. house keys) and so this essentially grants cops the power of arbitrary search, as a follow-up to a 'detection'.