CA Court Rules Smartphones Can Be Searched Without A Warrant
CA Court Rules Smartphones Can Be Searched Without A Warrant
Jan 6, 2011, 16 :02 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (1008 reads)
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[ Thanks to Petem for this link. ]
"The California Supreme Court ruled that police can search a suspect?s cell-phone text messages without a warrant, based on past cases where cigarette packs can be searched. A smartphone stores vast amounts of personal data, not even in the same realm as a pack of smokes. In this electronic age, the government moves America closer to a creepy police state."
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