In the so-called false friends cases (Hoffa and White), all of the following represent the Court's position about conversations with informants, except:

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In the Hoffa and White cases, the Supreme Court held that a suspect assumes the risk that the person he is speaking to might be an informant who could report the conversation to the police. The Court's reasoning was not based on whether the conversation was recorded or transmitted electronically, but rather on the principle that one assumes the risk that the person they are speaking to might betray them to the authorities. This means that the suspect's expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment does not extend to the risk of being overheard by or speaking to an informant.

In the So-Called False Friends Cases (Hoffa and White), All