Saturday, May 23, 2020
Judge Rules FBI Cannot View a Phone Lock Screen Without a Warrant
The FBI broke the law when it powered on a suspect’s smartphone to take a photo of his lock screen without a warrant, a U.S. District Court Judge has ruled (via Ars Technica). In a Seattle court, Judge John Coughenour determined that gathering evidence from a lock screen constitutes a search, therefore doing so without first obtaining a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits 
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