Re:Supreme court: Warrantless cell phone searches illegal [pdf]
by pionar on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @01:39PM
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How does this ruling leave that possibility open? What does "no search without warrant" leave open to this interpretation? Are you suggesting that police would be able to make an "in plain view" argument on unlocked phones?
Re:Supreme court: Warrantless cell phone searches illegal [pdf]
by comex on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @02:06PM
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Finally, law enforcement’s remaining concerns in a particular case might be addressed by responding in a targeted manner to urgent threats of remote wiping, see Missouri v. McNeely, 569 U. S. ___, ___, or by taking action to disable a phone’s locking mechanism in order to secure the scene, see Illinois v. McAr- thur, 531 U. S. 326, 331–333. Pp. 12–15.
I believe the idea is that they can try to disable the lock in order to keep the evidence available for use after getting a warrant.
So lock your phone immediately. Give remote wipe to a trusted family member if you are truly worried.