epic.org,
Tue 08/30:
Fifth Circuit Opinion in United States v. Morton Threatens Cell Phone Users’ Privacy
Last week, the Fifth Circuit issued its decision in United States v. Morton, rolling back its earlier Fourth Amendment protections for cell phone users by giving the police almost unlimited ability to search through a person’s phone whenever the person is suspected of a crime. EPIC, along with the ACLU and the EFF, submitted an amicus brief before the Court with two main arguments: Police cannot establish probable cause to search through a person’s phone by simply saying “criminals often use cell phones as the tools of their trade,” and probable cause to search some information on a cell phone does not establish probable cause to search through all of the information.
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