Talking about getting hassled by the man...

[GUI|rahjerz]

Read this shit about my home state...

http://www.dailytech.com/US+Police+Begin+Warrantless+Phone+Data+Grabs+ACLU+Fights+Bac k/article21443.htm

[Brain]

This is especially interesting since they found out that iPhones track you everywhere you go.

[GUI|rahjerz]

This is especially interesting since they found out that iPhones track you everywhere you go.

With all the info I've heard over the last several days I think I'll just stick with my "dumb" phone.

[Brain]

I just got an Android phone and its smarter than my iPhone was. I wonder if its more covert in its ability to track me and send my information to the mother ship.

[GUI|DeathByFOOD]

If you're not doing anything wrong, why wouldn't you want to be tracked everywhere you go?

/sarcasm

[GUI|rahjerz]

If you're not doing anything wrong, why wouldn't you want to be tracked everywhere you go?

/sarcasm

I don't know if you read the article, DBF, the problem that I'm discussing isn't the tracking (which is a huge concern as well) it's that the michigan state police carry machines to download the contents of your smart phone. They can FORCE you to give up your phone and search it without a warrant. If you do not comply you will be arrested for impeding an investigation. The ACLU is taking the state police to court here in michigan for violations of the 4th amendment of the consitution.

[GUI|DeathByFOOD]

I'd heard about instances of that in Wisconsin, and I can see the police making the argument that you lose everything you have when you go to jail, not that that should allow them into your phone, but police making use of it during a traffic stop is a violation of the constitutional rights of the citizen- that's warrantless search and seizure. The state of conservatism in this country has been stuck in a mode of give up your rights for the illusion of security.