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Supreme court: Warrantless cell phone searches illegal [pdf]

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This passage is just beautiful:

"Modern cell phones are not just another technological convenience. With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans “the privacies of life,” Boyd, supra, at 630. The fact that technology now allows an individual to carry such information in his hand does not make the information any less worthy of the protection for which the Founders fought. Our answer to the question of what police must do before searching a cell phone seized incident to an arrest is accordingly simple— get a warrant."

Re: Supreme court: Warrantless cell phone searches illegal [pdf]

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post #3

The loss of Aereo sucks, but this is a much heavier positive ruling. I wonder if this extends to the NSA's warrantless collection and to what extent.

Now we need a peer to peer network to watch broadcast TV...

I'm sure that will happen in the near future

Re: Supreme court: Warrantless cell phone searches illegal [pdf]

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A great decision, IMO, and the only sane decision for e.g. traffic stops (a place where cell phone searches should never have been considered legal). It probably won't alter things appreciably for somebody who is being arrested, though. I can't imagine that warrant will be hard to get if the police have enough on you to put you in cuffs.

Re: Supreme court: Warrantless cell phone searches illegal [pdf]

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post #2

One goes against us (Aereo), one goes for us today. The reasoning for this decision is pretty easy to understand and only takes a minute or so to read the first two pages.

I don't really care much about Aereo. Today's a very good day.
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