(Reuters) - U.S. police can search a cell phone for its number without having a warrant, according to a federal appeals court ruling.
Officers in Indiana found a number of cell phones at the scene of a drug bust, and searched each phone for its telephone number. Having the numbers allowed the government to subpoena the owners' call histories, linking them to the drug-selling scheme.
One of the suspects, Abel Flores-Lopez, who was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison, argued on appeal that the police had no right to search the phone's contents without a warrant.
The U.S. Court of Appeal for the 7th Circuit rejected that argument on Wednesday, finding that the invasion of privacy was so slight that the police's actions did not violate the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable searches.
http://news.yahoo.com/u-court-approves-warrantless-searches-cell-phones-163549155.html
Unconstitutional, and an invasion of privacy right before our eyes and it's going to slowly work it's way into our very home . Technology will be our very worst enemy spying on us as the days go by, they gather and gather, and gather until everyone of us is either dead, enslaved, who knows what else.
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