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A comment on UK police secretly downloading content from suspects’ phones (2018). Parent comment

Re:UK police secretly downloading content from suspects’ pho... by close04 on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @10:25AM (#19788174)
The question is where do you draw the line for removing privacy to enable law enforcement? Would you consider a system that monitors every individual at all times because it would almost guarantee that any criminal is identified?
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Re:UK police secretly downloading content from suspects’ pho... by lenkite on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @10:57AM (#19788491)
No. As I mentioned, automatic surveillance of public spaces is OK. Automatic surveillance of private spaces (which includes your phone) is not.
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