State Police Search Mobile Phones During Traffic Stops

How Much Does Your Smartphone Know About You?

"I plugged my phone into my computer and opened an application called Lantern... Ten minutes later, I'm staring at everything my iPhone knows about me. About 14,000 text messages, 1,450 Facebook contacts, tens of thousands of locations pings, every website I've ever visited..."

https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/13334-How-Much-Does-Your-Smartphone-Know-...

Warrantless Searches: Welcome To The Panopticon

"They have the ability to conduct warrantless searches per the courts since the loosening of the laws on search and seizure in places like California and Michigan where electronic media is concerned. The net effect is that our due process rights are being eroded in an ever rapid pace..."

https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/13317-Warrantless-Searches-Welcome-To-The...

ok then...

This is the kind of big government that Republicans love. The one and only kind of "big government" that they don't love is anything that cuts into corporate power and profits (taxes, regulations). They love big government that cracks down on the little guys.

Michigan State Police Statement on Use of Cell Phone Data Extraction Devices

"Infosec Island received a Twitter message from the Michigan State Police regarding an article about the MSP using data extraction devices to collect information from cell phones of motorists detained for minor traffic infractions. The official statement from the MSP is as follows..."

https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/13248-MSP-Statement-on-Use-of-Cell-Phone-...

Many states have enacted texting-while-driving bans. I suspect that the request for phone information is to enforce those bans. Just say no. You have the right to demand a search warrant before submitting to a search. If you voluntarily give up your rights, there's no one to blame but yourself.

Wait - it gets worse, way worse:

Hidden iOS File Records Tracking Information

"Anyone who gains access to this single file could likely determine the location of the user's home, the businesses he frequents, the doctors he visits, the schools his children attend, and the trips he has taken over the past months or even a year..."

https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/13247-Hidden-iOS-File-Records-Tracking-In...

Hmm. They can pound sand. I'd rather smash my cell phone on the ground in front of them. If I spend a night in jail because of it, that's a small price to pay to keep their grubby paws off my personal information.

You're practically crazy if you think the government is going to miss the opportunity to take advantage of the the fact that almost everyone in the U.S. has what is essentially a personal location and data tracker.

It's a shame, but they got me. I cannot really get by without one. But I'm going to keep using this brick as long as I can.

Apple tracks your location in iOS 4, without your permission

"Researchers Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan have discovered that iPhones and 3G iPads regularly record your position into a hidden file called consolidated.db. Ever since you upgraded to iOS 4, your device has been storing a long list of latitude-longitude coordinates and timestamps. The coordinates aren't always exact, but there are typically tens of thousands of data points.
The location is likely being determined by cell-tower triangulation, either triggered by traveling between cells or activity on the device itself. Furthermore, all this data is being stored across backups, and even device migrations, according to O'Reilly.

The presence of this data on your iPhone, your iPad, and your backups has serious privacy implications. To make matters worse, the file with said data is unencrypted and unprotected, and it's on any machine you've synced with your iOS device. If your device is stolen, the perpetrator can jailbreak it and easily access the file in question, and will be able to see where you've been over the last year, since iOS 4 was released.

Cell phone companies have always had this data, but it takes a court order to access it. Now this information is sitting in plain view, unprotected from the world. If you want to protect your data, you can encrypt your backups through iTunes (click on your device within iTunes and then check "Encrypt iPhone Backup" under the "Options" area). Warden and Allan also built iPhone Tracker, an application that lets you look at your own data. The application and its source can be downloaded from petewarden.github.com/iPhoneTracker.

The good news is that there is no evidence to suggest this data is leaving your custody. Still, it's not clear why Apple is gathering this data, although the way it is implemented shows that it is intentional. Apple has yet to release a statement in regards to this issue. "

http://www.techspot.com/news/43408-apple-tracks-your-location-in-ios-4-without-y...

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Really! Can they invade our priviacy any more? What's their next step, checking our assholes for contraband?

This just goes to show that the populace is put in fear every day on that we are guilty until proven innocent at every and all times.

Eh, I'm sure there must be a few encryption products out there that make these searches irrelevant. Extracting data is useless if you can't read it.

WE can thank the thugs who did 911 for this assault on our rights, one big thank you to the Bush Crime Family! Just part of the bounty from murdering your own fellow citizens in the name of fear mongering, a tough business--for the victims.

THE 4TH AMENDMENT

The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures, along with requiring any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause. It was adopted as a response to the abuse of the writ of assistance, which is a type of general search warrant, in the American Revolution. Search and arrest should be limited in scope according to specific information supplied to the issuing court, usually by a law enforcement officer, who has sworn by it.
In Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961), the Supreme Court ruled that the Fourth Amendment applies to the states by way of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
In Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967), the Supreme Court ruled that the amendment's protections do not apply when the searched party lacks a "reasonable expectation of privacy".
The Supreme Court has also ruled that certain searches and seizures violated the Fourth Amendment even when a warrant was properly granted.
OK ...certain searches and seizures violated 4th amendment.
any interpretations ?

they do it in rochester new york

time for a revolution people !

Wonder what state ?

The original intent of gathering data from cell phones was marketing (see recent iPhone articles). As we can see in this article there's always room for abuse. I haven't done the research since seeing this article earlier today. I don't see how gathering information from cell phones is not a violation of the 4th amendment.

Thecorporations who are designing and selling the machines that are meant to completely destroy our freedoms are surely being paid outrageous awards for every little bit of destruction of American Liberties. Where has the article on search and siezure gone to. Although many people do not feel the pressure of the police state directly, you may soon yet learn from such as the Egytpians that democracy is not the result of American installed dictators, but the strong desire to be free and comfortable without the wealth and riches of the wealthy elite.

They are turning our technology into snitches on our activities. That V-chip they built into our TVs is really a camera to see what you're doing.

I'm going to throw my flame suit on to state the following:
The way I see it it is a way for cops to prove you were either on the phone or texting. People are so shady they will lie to the laws face in order to get out of the ticket. If you did the crime then own up to it. Yes texting while driving is illegal for a reason. It gets people KILLED.

Also mapping out somebodys past locations is good evidence for somebody accused of a crime. Do you guys want a criminal out on the streets because the law couldnt get enough evidence against them. Its already hard enough to get low lifes prosecuted.

I've got nothing to hide.

Officer: Hello sir, do you have anything illegal in the car and also can i see your phone?

Person: I do not have anything illegal in the car officer and i believe i have forgotten my phone at the house.

Officer: What do you mean you believe you forgot your phone at the house?

Person: Well i was trying to get to the local wal-mart for some motor oil and cheap ice cream and when i went to look it up in my phone i had realized i might have left it at home since it was not in my pocket. Can you point me in the right direction?

Officer: Will i have to shoot you?

Person: ahhh what?

Officer: Move along i need to find some colored people to shoot.

The forces of big brother billionaire cabals are terrified that ordinary people might be organizing a revolt against their tyranny.

Why don't they do some real work, Like stopping TSA officers from pat-downs on 6 year old little girls. Go check out TSA video.(m_(*&*()*&)*()

I'm with the ACLU all the way to the Supreme Court on this one. Even though it is Robert's court, I want to hear the ruling on this one. This is the fang of Big Brother that we need to break off and drive through it's own heart!

and people laugh at me fore not having a smart phone ... ya who's laughing now ..not ports to scan n data but phone numbers none of which need to be hidden. No text message other than from the company I get my service from..nothing to hide nothing to scan or trace... a basic phone that's it ..

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This sort of thing has to stop. This is supposed to be a country where privacy is king. But it seems big brother doesn't see it that way. Analyzing everything on someone's phone? I think there needs to be a reading of Orwell's 1984 on the floor of the Senate and broadcast nationally. Maybe even make it required reading in high school. Everyone needs to understand what's going on here.

I just said under bundlebear's thread the other day that cops are getting way out of hand. Here's just another example and it's the last thing MI needs. There is no reason or need for the cops to search cell phones during traffic stops. They just want to be bullies. This country looks more like 1984 everyday.

This is illegal and will be ruled as illegal by the supreme court when it goes to trial. If they have ruled in it's favor it will be overturned in the future. It is illegal.

This is really disturbing news. No only the violations of well-established Constitutional privacy laws, but the resistance of Michigan police to responding to serious legal inquiries into the practice.
No, we don't need to stay away from Michigan, we need to go there and find out what the hell is going on.

I wasn't able to get to the link for this article, but it's really piqued my interest to see on what Constitutional basis Michigan police believe themselves empowered to violate well established privacy protections in a traffic stop.

Speaking of loss of civil liberties in Michigan. Gov. Snyder just exercises his new authority to wave away your locally elected government and replace it with a hand selected minion of his own in Benton Harbor so they could develop beach front property into a PGA Golf Course.

Fascism is marching along right nicely and the American people appear to be going along with it just like Germans and Italians did 80 years ago. Its call willful totalitarianism.

After all we have Bibles, happy meals and 1000 channels on the TV -- what else do we need?

If these type of things don't make the left reconsider the wisdom of the Second Amendment, I'm not sure what will.

Well, if I ever go to Michigan (not gonna happen while King Kasich is on the Throne) I Will not be carrying a cell phone and I'd never own GPS.

I love the "Small Government Republic Syndicate."

at least its in michigan
i would not allow that to happen to me here its crazy
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just one more reason for me to have a ten dollar phone. that can be broke as soon as the lights come on.

Well thats intrusive, I mean the worst they are going to find is some porn, but still disturbingly intrusive, at least rummaging through my phone they wont find anything illegal but it might put these poor N. Idaho cops into therapy, I get that there are some things some people just dont want to see, but you shouldn't be on my phone if you dont want to see what I do in the darkness with my droid. OMG I would laugh so hard I might just die.

This is troublesome. If these things were not being used inappropriately I doubt the police would have a problem releasing the information.

What gave them probable cause to search random peoples phones?