Your Cell Phone Searched During A Routine Traffice Stop, Without A Search Warrant

[poopgiggle]

your effortposts are just the best

 

[Bierhunter]

After re-reading the various articles on this, I haven't found any information that says the police have actually used these devices in routine traffic stops or in any other inappropriate manner. so far, all I'm reading is speculation on the ACLU's part. I hope the police aren't using these devices as alleged; but until there's proof of such activity, this is all just speculation.

 

[vvvvvvv]

After re-reading the various articles on this, I haven't found any information that says the police have actually used these devices in routine traffic stops or in any other inappropriate manner. so far, all I'm reading is speculation on the ACLU's part. I hope the police aren't using these devices as alleged; but until there's proof of such activity, this is all just speculation.

It would be out of character for the ACLU to issue a press release without some sort of evidence of the alleged activity. That's one reason their briefs are highly regarded in the legal system.

 

[poopgiggle]

but they defend criminals and threaten our christian way of life in America

 

[ithrowicecubes]

If your phone's GPS logs two sets of coordinates along a stretch of road with timestamps, the math could be done to calculate your speed. Is that enough to write a speeding ticket?

 

[RidgeHunter]

Nothing is your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull.

 

[Keyser328]

That thing is a forensics tool, flat out, and should be in the hands of a tech. No offense to LEOs, but I really don't want my mail man doing my dentistry either.

The thought that runs through my head is why would an officer ask for my cell phone? That kind of blows my mind. I mean asking for my drivers license? Sure, I get that, but asking for my cell phone is up there with asking for my blood type and bank statement, you know? It just doesn't seem logical, let alone useful. I actually thought the concern was that the UFED device could break into a phone via the wireless antenna, and that the fear was it being done without the citizen's knowledge, but according to the user manual, the UFED has to be physically connected to the device.

Weird.

 

[poopgiggle]

Nothing is your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull.

room 101 for you pal

 

[Michael Brown]

As for the mention of GPS tracking devices, someone puts one on my vehicle, it's going to inconveniently fall off on a bridge over a river most likely.

This is the exact reason the courts have allowed use of the GPS monitor without a warrant.

Michael Brown

 

[vvvvvvv]

but they defend criminals and threaten our christian way of life in America

Yeah... I had a pastor who referred to them on a few occasions as the Anti-Christian Liberties Union. He also didn't like Dave Kopel, presumably because of separation of church and state because, from my observations, they agreed on nearly everything else.