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Fellow Canadian HNers: this is already allowed in Canada, if your cell phone does not have a passcode. If you haven't already put one on, even a trivial code, d
by shaggyfrog 13y ago
Fellow Canadian HNers: this is already allowed in Canada, if your cell phone does not have a passcode. If you haven't already put one on, even a trivial code, do it now.
The recent court ruling that made it possible: http://canlii.ca/en/on/onca/doc/2013/2013onca106/2013onca106.html http://canlii.ca/en/on/onca/doc/2013/2013onca106/2013onca106...
> [75] If the cell phone had been password protected or otherwise “locked” to users other than the appellant, it would not have been appropriate to take steps to open the cell phone and examine its contents without first obtaining a search warrant.