Police Phone Searches Draw Privacy Concerns at High Court
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U.S. Supreme Court justices struggled to define the reach of privacy in the digital age, as they considered whether police officers must get a warrant before searching the mobile phone of someone they arrest.
In a two-hour argument that touched on Fitbits, Facebook and emerging encryption technology, justices across the ideological spectrum suggested they weren’t prepared to give police unfettered power to search a person’s phone.