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It's an interesting question. I think the specific circumstances described in the article, where the police looked in the suspect's phone to find his home addre
by codeka 13y ago
It's an interesting question. I think the specific circumstances described in the article, where the police looked in the suspect's phone to find his home address is arguably not a bad search. But as they point out in the article, how far can you take it? Can you look up a person's recent contacts? His browser history? His "downloads" folder? His emails?
It seems like a very small step from looking up the last few people he called to going through all his emails...
- tptacek 13y agoIt is interesting! If you get arrested driving your car, the police can't then go to your house and copy all your private papers; they need to get a warrant to do that. But in 2013, you're as likely to be carrying around all your private papers as you are to keep them in your house. So it can't reasonably be the case that an arrest gives the police access to your accounts online!