Second, he must not have directly committed a crime himself It looks like he is not covered by the Privacy Protection Act unless the iPhone prototype considere

Second, he must not have directly committed a crime himself It looks like he is not covered by the Privacy Protection Act unless the iPhone prototype considered "documentary material" (similar to "photos and video") which doesn't sound likely. However, the paragraph discussing "California Penal Code Section 1524(g)" says the government is not allowed to seize "'notes, outtakes, photographs, tapes or other data of whatever sort,' if that information was 'obtained or prepared in gathering, receiving or processing of information for communication to the public.'" No restrictions to that law are mentioned.