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Fourth Amendment news--EFF

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Password protect your phone to give a reasonable expectation of privacy If your cell phone is password protected, you should have a reasonable expectation of privacy in it, in those jurisdiction that think that a cell phone can be searched incident to an arrest. EFF Asks Court to Suppress Evidence Illegally Gathered From Password-Protected Phone: Our cell phones aren't just for calls anymore. They hold our address books, our calendars, our emails, and our grocery lists. They may even include things like a list of questions to ask your doctor, pictures of your girlfriend, or URLs of web sites you've visited. When can police search your phone and look at all this information? That's the question that EFF is asking a court in California to consider...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on February 09, 2010 (boomark / email).