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Police Device Used To Steal Your Cell Phone Data During Traffic Stop Legal?

Seeded on Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:33 PM EDT
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Have you have heard about the Cellebrite cell phone extraction device (UFED) in the news lately?

It gives law enforcement officials the ability to access all the information on your cell phone within a few short minutes.

When it became known that Michigan State Police had been using the tool to access cell phones during traffic stops, it raised concern with the ACLU. Now, everyone is wondering if cops will be using devices like this elsewhere. Will this new law enforcement tool be abused, or will it be used responsibly in the pursuit of justice?

Call us paranoid, but we obtained a law-enforcement-grade software extraction tool for the iPhone to see exactly what data is up for grabs. You'd be surprised to see just how much data today's smartphones can store -- and police can access.

Click the gallery in the article to find out...

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Jerry Verlinger

It seems the law enforcement community is finding it less and less necessary to adhere to the Fourth Amendment in their relentless efforts to keep us safe.

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, ........"

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Reply#1 - Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:48 PM EDT
devilsadvocates

Definately a violation and needs to be stopped.

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#1.1 - Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:35 PM EDT
Randi is a girl

I would just say that I don't have a cell phone or that it isn't on me at the time.

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#1.2 - Mon May 2, 2011 1:04 PM EDT
Jerry Verlinger

I would just say that I don't have a cell phone or that it isn't on me at the time.

There is no reason you should have to lie to the police in order gain a protection guaranteed to you in the Bill of Rights.

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#1.3 - Fri May 6, 2011 12:26 AM EDT
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bigsaf

Scary...can only imagine how much worse it could be abused by these officers creating an atmosphere more like places such as China or Iran.

Don't knock the tech, only the abuse of it against our civil rights, whether by state or non-state individuals and systems.

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Reply#2 - Sun May 1, 2011 4:17 PM EDT
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Pallas Athene

Scary stuff, how many rights do we watch leave us before we put our foot down and say enough is enough?

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Ben Franklin

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Reply#4 - Fri May 6, 2011 11:55 AM EDT
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bill-3686833

i am just so happy that I found a mini cell phone jammer.
google :- yapper zapper phone jammer

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Reply#6 - Mon Jul 4, 2011 9:32 AM EDT
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