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Do you really want that to be the model for American justice? Law enforcement hands your digital electronic records over to a private company who has the power
by rplst8 11y ago
Do you really want that to be the model for American justice? Law enforcement hands your digital electronic records over to a private company who has the power to put anything on that phone? Do you want to entrust your personal legal future to a private entity? I think I'd want a solid chain of custody on anything that may prove my innocence.
- tosseraccount 11y agoThe phone was the property of San Bernardino County. The county has longstanding email and Internet use policies that state, “NO USER SHOULD HAVE AN EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY” - http://ktla.com/2016/02/18/why-didnt-san-bernardino-county-officials-have-access-to-the-terrorist-iphone/ http://ktla.com/2016/02/18/why-didnt-san-bernardino-county-o...
- dclowd9901 11y agoI bet even I, not a lawyer, could reasonably defend that, no matter who "owns it", a device as personal and as much an extension of the brain as a smartphone could be considered private.
- buzzdenver 11y agoThat's a very weak argument. Individuals and companies testify in court all the time. They could lie and plant evidence, but in most cases I'd still trust them more than the police who kind of has an incentive to find somebody guilty.