Police Search Cell Phones During Routine Traffic Stops

That seems a little excessive.

Let's play devil's advocate.

Why shouldn't it be legal to... say... find evidence that a text was sent by the driver while driving? How is that different than administering a field sobriety test?

Let's play devil's advocate.

Why shouldn't it be legal to... say... find evidence that a text was sent by the driver while driving? How is that different than administering a field sobriety test?

Oleg_Huzwog

Don't have illegal **** on your phone, problem solved.

Or better yet, don't break the law, problem solved before you ever even encounter police.

I love when everyone is up in arms about things the police do... You don't like it, move to Mexico, gtfo out of our country then.

Buttons1990

lol I suppose you have never heard of a slippery slope?

what about the concept of the government and law serving its people, instead of harassing them?

For a flag-waving nationalist, you sure are anti-American

Just delete your messages and phone calls, they're not going to waste resources looking through deleted texts and phone calls just for a routine traffic stop unless they have extreme suspicion.

very illeagal. hope they get a stop to that.

[QUOTE="Buttons1990"]2) Teenage idiots who have nude pics of their also teenage boy or girlfriend (child porn)MushroomWig

Child porn is child porn regardless of who is viewing it...

Really? So what about in a situation where you need the information to save someones life?

"Quick, use the device so we can get the address to where little Jimmy is being held!"

"We can't.....foxhound_fox doesn't want us to use it"

"...damn."

You killed little Jimmy, I hope you're happy!

MushroomWig

[QUOTE="MushroomWig"][QUOTE="Buttons1990"]2) Teenage idiots who have nude pics of their also teenage boy or girlfriend (child porn)StealthMonkey4

Child porn is child porn regardless of who is viewing it...

[QUOTE="StealthMonkey4"]

[QUOTE="MushroomWig"] Oh you've got to be kidding me, how the hell can it be considered child porn if you're not even considered an adult? Talk about grasping at straws. xD xDdave123321

Child porn is child porn regardless of who is viewing it...

I agree. It would make for an intresting thread. But i dont think the mods would allow it.

The question that hasn't been asked yet is why all the cellphone manufacturers and cellphone service providers have signed up to make their devices and networks compatible with these intrusive devices.

What's in it for them? :?

Are they legally required to make their devices / networks open to the police / government?

In what other respects do major corporations work hand-in-glove with the government? I've read rumours to the effect that Apple and Microsoft have intentionally left "back doors" in their OSes and given the FBI the wherewithal to exploit them. Frankly, after reading this thread, I'm inclined to believe those rumours.

:(

[QUOTE="Buttons1990"]

Don't have illegal **** on your phone, problem solved.

Or better yet, don't break the law, problem solved before you ever even encounter police.

I love when everyone is up in arms about things the police do... You don't like it, move to Mexico, gtfo out of our country then.

Agreed. I also hate how people think the police are out to F them. I cant tell you how many times ive been pulled over for speeding or doing something wrong and just by simply being nice, honest, and polite to the officer he/she would let me go scott free.

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"] The device works with 3000 different phone models and can even defeat password protections.MushroomWig

"Quick, use the device so we can get the address to where little Jimmy is being held!"

"We can't.....foxhound_fox doesn't want us to use it"

"...damn."

You killed little Jimmy, I hope you're happy!

Don't have illegal **** on your phone, problem solved.

Or better yet, don't break the law, problem solved before you ever even encounter police.

I love when everyone is up in arms about things the police do... You don't like it, move to Mexico, gtfo out of our country then.

Buttons1990

I find it odd that, in support of something that violates the Constitution, you're telling people they shouldn't break the law.

[QUOTE="Buttons1990"]

Don't have illegal **** on your phone, problem solved.

Or better yet, don't break the law, problem solved before you ever even encounter police.

I love when everyone is up in arms about things the police do... You don't like it, move to Mexico, gtfo out of our country then.

MarineXXII

Agreed. I also hate how people think the police are out to F them. I cant tell you how many times ive been pulled over for speeding or doing something wrong and just by simply being nice, honest, and polite to the officer he/she would let me go scott free.

Converesly, I can count a few times I've been pulled over for nothing. Or even worse, lied to by the police to try and get information off of me. There'smore thanone side to the issue. Only looking at it from your own position and experiences is pretty closed minded. Either way, this information seems,if nothing else,invasive. And not informing drivers that the information will be gathered is ethically wrong if not a constitutional violation, hypothetically speaking.

I wonder if taking your sim card and memory devices out can prevent the data from being read.