4 ms·
> I think what he's saying is even warrants shouldn't be allowed to search the contents of your personal devices. Indeed. I agree that such warrants should be
by patrickmay 11y ago
> I think what he's saying is even warrants shouldn't be allowed to search the contents of your personal devices.
Indeed. I agree that such warrants should be deemed unreasonable. Unless the government can meet the criteria of "describing the place to be searched", going through a phone is more akin to a fishing expedition.
- ams6110 11y agoI think the content of messages, images, etc. on a phone are pretty close to the meaning of "papers" in the quote from the constitution. Not unreasonable to demand in a warrant.
- Natanael_L 11y agoBut if the papers sought after would be about work, would you gather every piece of paper from the entire house/phone when you know most of it is irrelevant?
- mattlutze 11y agoPolice authorities executing a warrant do do that, yes. They'll collect everything they can during the seizure, as far as Nightline tells us, then spend their time combing through it all looking for their smoking gun.
- Natanael_L 11y agoAnd that doesn't violate the requirement to narrow the search and describe exactly what they'll look for?
- dragonwriter 11y agoA phone is a pretty specific place; how does identifying the phone not meet the criteria of "describing the place to be searched"?
- Natanael_L 11y ago> A continent is a pretty specific place; how does identifying the continent not meet the criteria of "describing the place to be searched"? There's the photo gallery, downloads, multiple social networking apps, SMS, maps, IM, search history, configurations, app list, games, note taking apps, etc...