Friday, June 5, 2015

California passes law requiring warrant to search computers, cellphones and tablets

From Sophos Naked Security:


California passes law requiring warrant to search computers, cellphones and tablets


The hodgepodge of US state and federal laws about phone searches, some of which say that police need a warrant and some of which say they don't, just got a bit messier.


As the LA Times reports, California on Wednesday joined the ranks of states that require police to have a warrant if they want to search computers, mobile phones, tablets and other devices, or if they want to siphon off location data from any of those devices.

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