Police can search cellphones without warrant during arrest: court

[waynward]

Not that anyhow here is expecting anything to happen. Since we are all just becoming friends and making more companions.

But this is good to know just in case:

http://bit.ly/1yWmW5f

 

[Young_City]

Can someone clarify the law about phone that have Touch ID or fingerprint sensors to unlock phones? As far as I understand, you don't have to give police the password to your phone, but if you use a fingerprint sensor you *have* to unlock it for them. Or is the technology so new that the law is arbitrary?

 

[WJ49]

I don't think that a case of that sort has come up here in Canada, though there was one in the states where the court (I'm not sure what level) ruled that they could demand that you use your fingerprint.

On the iPhone it's pretty easy to temporarily disable the touch ID for iPhone unlock, and so it might be a good idea to do that before visiting a SP.

 

[asterwald]

This is why payphones are the way to go.

 

[spaman]

lock your phone. they need a search warrant for that

 

[DanJ]

lock your phone. they need a search warrant for that

yes, but....,

In the related article..

Whether a phone is password-protected or not is not a determining factor, according to the ruling. Though a suspect has the right to remain silent during an arrest and not give their password, police could still take the phone and unlock it, depending on their technological capabilities.

“Obviously if it’s password-protected then the police will be limited in their ability to search it on the spot but that’s more of a practical consideration,” said Mathen.

In a June 2006 kidnapping case in British Columbia, two password-protected BlackBerry smartphones were seized as part of the investigation. It took an RCMP forensic lab two months to recover information from one, and over two years to recover contents from the other.

 

[spaman]

yes, but....,

In the related article..

with self destruct option. lol

 

[basketcase]

" It took an RCMP forensic lab two months to recover information from one, and over two years to recover contents from the other."

I don't think anyone is at risk of that being an issue just for visiting an SP.

 

[benstt]

I don't think anyone is at risk of that being an issue just for visiting an SP.

The latest cracking software does it in minutes, given physical access to the phone.