In message <[log in to unmask]>,
Maurice Frankel <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Suppose this was _your_ property, and you lived round the corner (which
>may have been the case in this example), would you prefer that (a) the
>police rang round trying to get your phone number, to ask you to go to
>the property immediately or (b) the police smashed the door down,
>without first inviting you to open it, because of concerns that passing
>your phone number to them would invade your privacy?
(b) is more likely to protect the property (assuming the risk was real).
The only privacy that's invaded is the physical privacy of the tenant,
which is less important than their physical security.
--
Roland Perry
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