Have you ever wondered how much privacy you really have in your home? The police are now finding new ways to view people's private areas without actually entering. In the case of DLK, the government used a thermal imaging device to view where heat escaped from the suspected marijuana growers house.When DLK was suspected of growing marijuana, the government used a thermal imaging device to find where the most heat was escaping. But did the Government go to far. When brought to court it was deemed constitutional because the government never actually entered his home. In the case DLK vs. the Government, the government went to far when they stepped out of their natural senses to observe the home and observed the suspects home with no consent of the owner and when compared to a precedent case, the precedent case was deemed unconstitutional.…show more content… In the picture from document C the image taken by the thermal device can be seen where there are clear points where heat is escaping from the house that can not be seen by the naked eye. Also DLK did not knowingly expose his conduct, or his thermal radiation, to the public."Thermal imaging is extrasensory and permits the police to "see" what is invisible to the naked eye, even though thermal radiation is not intentionally exposed to public view."(Doc D) "When technology can exceed the natural senses, it subverts the human ability to contain private matters in a normal way and threatens the core expectation of privacy in the home."(Doc D) This evidence shows that the government intentionally searched the perimeter of DLK's home with a thermal imager because they could not see the heat with their ordinary vision. This evidence shows that the government intentionally observed the suspects home with advanced technology to gather further
