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Since modern technology keeps extensive track of everybody's life at all times, when police take an interest in you they now get to examine a complete picture o
by guelo 13y ago
Since modern technology keeps extensive track of everybody's life at all times, when police take an interest in you they now get to examine a complete picture of everything about you. What you were doing, what you were going to do, who you've been talking to, who you work for, your family, your sex life, your romantic life, your interests, your politics, your religion, everything. Why get a search warrant if they can just pull you over for not signaling correctly and then get access to your entire life nicely packaged for them?
Ten years ago they didn't have any of these tools that they now claim are indispensable to do their jobs. How did they do their jobs back then?
- higherpurpose 13y agoThat's not even the worst part about it. The worst part is that they get to see all of that and then paint the picture they want about you.
- opendais 13y agoWhich is why I encrypt my phone. I really, really don't want to be responsible for the police invading the privacy of people I'm in contact with. Because, a phone isn't just you. It is you and everyone you communicate with.
- talmand 13y agoExactly, if you are of interest to law enforcement for any reason then everyone on your contact list also becomes of interest to law enforcement.
- rayiner 13y ago> Ten years ago they didn't have any of these tools that they now claim are indispensable to do their jobs. How did they do their jobs back then? To be fair, ten (well, twenty) years ago people did all those things in a way that was much more visible to the police. People would go get film developed at the drug store, people would use pay phones, etc.
- talmand 13y agoI would say nothing has changed in the long run. As new technology has appeared that may make it easier to avoid the interest of law enforcement, so has the technology that law enforcement uses to counter the avoidance. If you were a part of a criminal enterprise twenty years ago you developed your own film and never use the randomly chosen pay phone more than once. I would even go as far to say that their jobs of collecting usable evidence is much easier today than it was twenty years ago.
- revelation 13y agoThis is a case about a drug dealers mobile phone. Presumably he conducted his business through it. I don't think I need to tell you the vast amount of information stored simply when turning one of these on and having it connect.