Posted on 03/09/2019 2:12:40 AM PST by vannrox
For years the push to replace physical drivers licenses with digital drivers licenses has relied one one thing; privacy. But all of the "fake news" the public has been fed about their privacy is about to come "crashing" down, literally.
A Nevada bill if passed would allow police to search everyone's smartphones.
Nevada bill AB200 allows police to search the phones of everyone involved in a car crash.
"An act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing a peace officer at the scene of a traffic crash to use technology to determine if a driver was using a handheld wireless communications device at the time of the crash; requiring the suspension of the driver’s license of a driver who refuses a request by a peace officer to use such technology; providing penalties;and providing other matters properly."
Does anyone still believe that once a cop uses a CellBrite to spy on your phone or discovers your smartphone's unique MAC address that they will not track you in the future? If retail stores can track customers MAC address's without a warrant don't you think police will too?
The bill states that motorists give up their rights simply by driving in Nevada.
"Section 1 further provides that any person who operates a vehicle in this State is deemed to have given consent to the use of an investigate technology device on the handheld wireless communications device when requested by a peace officer at the scene of a crash. If a person refuses such a request,the peace officer is required to seize the driver’s license or permit of the person and issue an order suspending the license or permit for 90 days."
What does this mean? If you are granted the privilege to drive by the government you agree to give up your Fourth Amendment right against being searched without probable cause. Do you still think America is the land of the free?
Gemalto got one thing right, digital drivers licenses are a "Utopia" for police and governments. According to Merriam Webster, Utopia is "an imaginary place; a place of ideal perfection especially in laws and government."
If you think U.S. police will respect motorists rights and only search your phone for just your drivers license information you are living in an imaginary place.
Defenders of digital licenses will say Nevada's police are only trying to determine if a phone was being used prior to the accident and that is it.
"When using an investigative technology device on a handheld wireless communications device pursuant to this section, a peace officer may access and view only evidence of use of the handheld wireless communications device which violates NRS 484B.165 and shall not intentionally access or view any other content on the handheld wireless communications device."
But I say horse pucky, would you willingly hand your phone to a stranger and let them walk away with it for 5-10 minutes? Would you trust a complete stranger (police officer) not to search your smartphone? Trusting law enforcement with your phone is a horrible idea as an article in the Huffington Post warns.
"By unlocking the license, phone owners could expose their data to whoever is checking it, Chad Marlow, a senior counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union in New York said. And, he added, while an officer normally would need a warrant to search a phone, in the real world, drivers who don’t know the law could be pressured into handing over the phone, allowing access to everything from contacts to text messages."
House Bill 200 goes on to explain that if you refuse to hand your smartphone to 'Officer Friendly' your privilege to drive will be suspended and good luck trying to get a temporary drivers license.
"The scope of the hearing conducted pursuant to subsection 6 must be limited to whether the person refused the request of the peace officer to use an investigative technology device on the handheld wireless communications device in the possession of the person at the time of the crash pursuant to this section. Upon an affirmative finding on this issue, the Department shall affirm the order of suspension."
If you are given a choice between handing over your phone or losing your license and getting a ticket, what would you do?
That is not much of a choice is it?
Being coerced into giving a government employee your personal information means law enforcement has essentially been turned into the TSA. In the coming years we can expect every state to pass laws allowing police to search motorists smartphones.
Do we really need anymore proof that storing our drivers license and personal life on a smartphone is a terrible idea?
"That's alright, sweetie, just take your time. We'll hold your license until you remember it." (/snort)
Well we’d see who can outlast who.
Okay, who is Nevada Bill and why is he allowing this?
Harry Reid's physical trainer?
(IS THAT COFFEE READY YET??)
Government, even in a “democracy,” is a slow march to fascism. Periodically, it must be stopped by a revolution.
We’re about due now.
I guess “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” no longer applies?
Just another reason to get a driverless car, I guess. It helps further a person’s smartphone addiction.
They do an electrnics record search to determine use. The records exist on the phone. How is this not searching the phone?
I live in Nevada, and I do NOT have any kind of cell phone or Blue Tooth.
Good luck searching me.
Well, at this point the LEO holds your license and cell phone. But is too early to bet against you, you may have a backup cell phone on your ankle with a tow truck and ride on the way.
Have a nice weekend.
It’s not just phones, but those have caused a huge increase in accidents. More than once here, teens have been killed following school buses and plowed into the back ends because they were texting.
A woman putting on make up passed us going 90 to nothing and I said she was going to wreck. Bam! Flipped her car at the next curve. She got out without a mark. Hope that was a lesson learned.
Another woman was turned around hollering at her kid and went into our lane causing us to go off the road. She turned around to check on us and hollered at her kid it was his fault.
So the Democrats want illegals to have driver’s licenses just like native born Americans however NB citizens in Nevada have “given consent” for the police to seize all your private informant contained on your cell phone?
But they cannot ask the legal status of illegals?
Even George Orwell never dreamed of this dystopian nightmare!
Well I hope the taxi/van driver won’t get mad.
A backup old used phone can be bought for 50 bucks.
Leave one in the glove box with screen lock active.
Samsung Galaxy S10 Unlock Hack (WARNING)
Well, with the current, and probably forever, legislature, it could sail through. NV state assembly has a dem super majority, the senate is one seat short of that and dem gov sleaze sissypants, dem Lt gov, dem AG-——— yeah blue state blues. What happens in Vegas, screws the rest of the state.
Whoa. Just scratched Nevada off our list of prospective states to move to after we escape from NYS. Darn.
Yeah, sorry about that. We tried. Wyoming perhaps? No YUGE population center to skew the rest of the state, constitutional carry. Don’t know about state income tax. There currently isn’t one in NV but with the dems in charge.................
I love WY! It’s on our short list.
Problem is our shirt list keeps getting shorter as states on it decide to self-destruct. It’s almost as if the uniparty is trying to make it impossible for conservatives to vote with their feet...
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