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I don't see how anyone could doubt that our freedoms no longer exist. If we want freedoms again we will have to re-create them.
Originally posted by CosmicCitizen
Even tho a court order (but not a search warrant) is required for a cell phone search this ruling does an end around the 4th Amendment and its protections. By changing the rules as to ownership of the cell phone data the court is facilitating the wholesale collection of cellphone data randomly and remotely or even at checkpoints. This ruling is part of a growing invasion into individual privacy and helps set up the structure of a viable police state in America.
And it is the records, not the phone, which were acquired from the provider, under a court order.
The communications record may belong to the phone company, but the phone belongs to you.
Originally posted by CryHavoc
Originally posted by CosmicCitizen
Even tho a court order (but not a search warrant) is required for a cell phone search this ruling does an end around the 4th Amendment and its protections. By changing the rules as to ownership of the cell phone data the court is facilitating the wholesale collection of cellphone data randomly and remotely or even at checkpoints. This ruling is part of a growing invasion into individual privacy and helps set up the structure of a viable police state in America.
This is why you should be password protecting ALL of your electronics. The Police can't force you to reveal your password, and neither can the phone company. It's a violation of your 5th Amendment right to not incriminate yourself. The phone belongs to you even if the communications between you and other users by using that phone belongs to the phone company.The phone company doesn't own the other features of the phone such as password protection.
Honestly, thinking it through, that ruling is wrong. The Police should have to subpoena the phone records from the phone company. The communications record may belong to the phone company, but the phone belongs to you.