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Re:Cops hid use of phone tracking tech in court documents at... by draugadrotten on Friday June 20, 2014 @04:21AM (#7919938)
> Everyone should assume that any unencrypted cell phone calls and texts can and will be examined by law enforcement. Act accordingly.

Duh. It is a good thing that law enforcement can examine texts and phone calls, unencrypted and encrypted. However, it is unacceptable that doing so is hidden to the courts.

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Re:Cops hid use of phone tracking tech in court documents at... by moomin on Friday June 20, 2014 @06:14AM (#7920137)
Actually, no, not without probable cause. It appears that in some of these cases that the probable cause was "because we bugged his phone".
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