On the left coast (9th district court of appeals), an officer can search your phone incident to arrest. No warrant needed. And yes... that was upheld by the 9th district!
-----Original Message----- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 8:31 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Michigan police search cell phones at traffic stops On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 8:23 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <chumph...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 4th Amendment? What's that? >> >> http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/34/3458.asp >> >> I'm sure it is all for our safety. > > I don't see where the police have any need for pulling this data > unless it's a phone that is discovered in associated with a major > crime investigation. I would think that a warrant, at the very least, would be required for this level of intrusion. I'm also somewhat surprised that Apple and other phone manufacturers haven't sued the crap out of the company that makes this device under the DMCA. Holy technological circumvention, Batman! Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336539 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
