Ontario: OK for police to search cellphone if no password, says court

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cpzilliacus

February 21, 2013, 01:08:13 PM  
CBC News: OK for police to search cellphone if no password, says court

QuoteOntario's highest court has signalled that the right of police officers to look through someone's phone depends on whether there's a password.

QuoteThe Court of Appeal for Ontario says it's all right for police to have a cursory look through the phone upon arrest if it's not password protected, but if it is, investigators should get a search warrant.

QuoteThe court's ruling comes in the case of a man who appealed his robbery conviction, arguing that police breached his charter rights by looking through his phone after his arrest.
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NE2

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February 21, 2013, 02:13:28 PM  
OK for thread to be about politics if poster is CP?
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formulanone

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February 21, 2013, 02:20:49 PM  
Well, it's not about OK politics.

Brandon

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February 21, 2013, 02:48:23 PM  
OK for thread to be stupid if the second poster is NE2?

And how is this about politics anyway?  Plenty of highway enthusiasts take road and sign photographs with their phones.
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February 21, 2013, 02:55:00 PM  
It need not be highway-related anyway, considering this is in Off-Topic. I see nothing wrong with this thread, considering we already have several other threads in a similar vein dealing with customs, etc.
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mgk920

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February 21, 2013, 06:24:35 PM  
Well, you do have to remember that no part of Canada has yet to accept being governed under the terms of the USA's Constitution, so that means that there is *no* 4th Amendment in effect in Ontario.

:meh:

Mike

cpzilliacus

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February 21, 2013, 07:49:15 PM  
Quote from: Brandon on February 21, 2013, 02:48:23 PM
And how is this about politics anyway?  Plenty of highway enthusiasts take road and sign photographs with their phones.

Since we have several members of this board that take (or have taken) images of highway infrastructure in Ontario (and a cell phone was almost certainly used to capture some of those images), I thought this story might  be of interest.
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February 22, 2013, 12:03:55 PM  
Quote from: mgk920 on February 21, 2013, 06:24:35 PM
Well, you do have to remember that no part of Canada has yet to accept being governed under the terms of the USA's Constitution, so that means that there is *no* 4th Amendment in effect in Ontario.

:meh:

Mike
No, just a charter of rights and freedoms that is generally MORE protective than anything in the US.
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