Cops can read Texts without a warrant

[Tinker]

[Sparky]

So if you are arrested in the US, would the arresting officers be allowed to read a collection of notes they found in an envelope on your person?

[Tinker]

[Demon of Undoing]

Yes they would, but you will only carry so many notes on your person. But the iThingy here is connected to the whole planet. My passwords are stored herein. Do the police now have a right to get into all those places- arguably " in my phone " - that the passwords link to ?

I'm going to start carrying a thermite device. When I get pulled over , I'll just get out of the car , put the can on top of my phone on the ground and ignite it. Now if only I can wipe my memory , I can protect myself from thoughtcrime.

[rednblacklumberjack]

[Tinker]

With the unprecedented access to information, I see a lot of retrograde tyrannies left over from the information scarcity society that we just exited.

[rednblacklumberjack]

[Sparky]

[Tinker]

[Endovelico]

How many of you are still surprised that the civilized Germans gave in so easily to Nazis?...

[rednblacklumberjack]

[AzariLoveIran]

[noddy]

is it still nazi if its got every single feature except the gas chambers and explicit racism ?

[AzariLoveIran]

[Endovelico]

[Sparky]

[Tinker]

[Endovelico]

[Sparky]

[Tinker]

[monster_gardener]

[AzariLoveIran]

[Tinker]

Would've been nice if Nader had been more vocal about marijuana laws stripping us of our rights.

I get sort of appalled when people talk about getting felt up at the airport. That shit doesn't matter, that's just evidence that our rights are already pretty much gone.

If you didn't care about the drug war over the past thirty years, then you didn't really care about this issue when it mattered. Now, it's pretty much too late.

[Yukon Cornelius]

It's just shocking how Bush continues to shred the Constitution.

[Tinker]