Eritrea, the United Nations says, is the planet’s least-connected country. Less than 1% of its people have landlines; just 5.6% have cell phones. As for the Internet, less than 1% use it, and connections are almost all dial-up. “Even after waiting half an hour, you might not get to…
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that police will now be required to obtain a search warrant before they can access the cell phone of an individual they arrest, barring extreme circumstances such as child abduction or a bomb threat. MSNBC reports that the decision was unanimous. “Modern cell phones are not just another technological convenience,” wrote […]
They may not be an especially tech-savvy bunch, but today’s ruling on cell phones shows that the Supreme Court justices are anything but Luddites, writes Dahlia Lithwick at Slate . The court ruled unanimously that police need a warrant under almost all circumstances to search somebody’s cell phone, with John Roberts’…
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