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Re:Data isn't just being collected from your phone, it's bei... by sroussey on Saturday August 01, 2020 @11:36AM (#24021261)
You are thinking in about evidence in court. Police have other data that can flag you for greater scrutiny. Then your chances of even being in court go up.
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Re:Data isn't just being collected from your phone, it's bei... by justanotherc on Friday August 07, 2020 @05:44AM (#24080153)
But they have to establish reasonable suspicion, wuch they also have to justify in court in order to investigate you further.

They can't just say "he had a bad score, so I pulled him over and found weed". If they did that, the stop would be unjustified and the whole case would be thrown out.

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