Aren't you confusing property with ideas? I agree, the physical phone itself should be part of discovery. Authorities should be allowed to physically disassemb

Aren't you confusing property with ideas? I agree, the physical phone itself should be part of discovery. Authorities should be allowed to physically disassemble the phone and inspect its insides or run forensic tests on it. The content on the phone is a matter of interpretation, subject to proper decryption. It is just an idea, no different from decoding ideas in somebody's journal. It makes no sense to talk about discovery of this.