cell phone bkmk
>>whether the history of cell phone locations stored by a phone service provider is searchable without a warrant.
Why warrantless searches?
Quit data mining.
In a sane world, we could use a Privacy Amendment to the US Constitution.
The guy signed over this right to privacy, yes. But to the phone company, not police. Get a damned warrant.
I need a real time digital shredder.
This ruling would have an effect on local LEO’s, but I think the NSA and military are going to keep a copy of everything that happens no matter what.
I understand and sympathize that police work can be difficult. But our Fourth Amendment is more important than many of us realize, so police should consider using some of the older methods of investigation again. They weren’t all that difficult.
The data on your phone may belong to you.
The data in the cloud does not belong to you.
If the company that owns your cloud data wants to give data to the police, they can.
the National District Attorneys Association warned the court against eviscerating the third party doctrine.
“To do so would preclude SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission] and IRS [Internal Revenue Service] summonses for financial information necessary for their functioning and would bring a halt to countless state prosecutions dependent upon review of third-party records
This is reason enough to find for the defendant. The IRS has been allowed to Abuse the Citizens for far too long. Financial Institutions will gladly STEAL your Money and give it to the IRS simply by receiving a letter. In Fact the IRS NEVER seeks a Court Order for Levies, but banks just go along.