Eventually, they’ll just take every thing during a stop
Anyone involved in a car crash in New York may soon have to submit not just blood-alcohol content but a cellphone to police at the scene, or else risk losing his or her license.
A new law proposed by state senator Terrence Murphy and assemblyman Felix Ortiz would give police permission to search any phone or portable device at the scene of an accident. Cellebrite, an Israeli company that helps law enforcement crack smartphones, is marketing a device its calling a textalyzer that would analyze a drivers phone.
April 14th, 2016 at 7:37 am
It’s not just the Second Amendment they hate.
April 14th, 2016 at 1:44 pm
Once we accepted the premise that government’s job is to keep us safe, well-fed and warm (and as a society we swallowed that hook, and the line and sinker, generations ago) then pretty much anything goes. When we then complain about our stupid-shit rights being violated, we’re only being hypocrites. Shut the fuck up and enjoy your FDA approved steak, your public highways, your code compliant, zoning compliant home and your licensed health care services.
April 15th, 2016 at 9:36 am
Can they next criminalize NOT HAVING a functioning cellphone in your possession?