Police soon will have a new tool to use in their crackdown on texting or using a cellphone while driving. The device enables them to review smartphone data at the scene of a traffic stop or accident to determine if the phone distracted the driver.
Legislation is needed to permit such an invasion of privacy, which has privacy advocates very concerned about the latest potential intrusion by the government.
The proposed law would basically create a situation in which the government would access private information without the benefit of a search warrant. If police come to your home to access your computer or cellphone, they must have a warrant. So, why should your car be treated differently? There are constitutional safeguards in place that must be addressed.
Find out how the device works, which states are considering allowing its use by law enforcement, and how privacy advocates are responding. The story unfolds on the next page.
Someone will come up with software to block this the first time it’s used. Another waste of the people’s money.
This is another example of how we have taken knowledge and become our own worst enemy. It is also BIG BROTHER progressing. Read 1984 by George Orwell.
If they cause an accident due to texting they should be held accountable – & this will help prove they were texting & they should be found guilty
only in new york
That’s what the state likes to hear. Yours is a very stup I’d remark to make
They will be able to scan everything and store it, that”s the problem.
Give them a Wal-Mart phone that you don’t use
Sorry legally they can’t do that without a warrant
ILLIAGLE like ILLIAGLE imagration. Invasion of privacy. No you can not switch me. Or we will have to keel you. With our boat get that message… GET THE MESSAGE… do this unconstitutional act. And blue lives won’t matter
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