<p>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />| Calif. Appeals Court Approves Cell Phone Searches<br />| from the say-what's-your-unlock-code? dept.<br />| posted by timothy on Thursday October 06, @08:53 (Privacy)<br />| with 308 comments<br />| <a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000025/!x-usc:https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/06/1234232/calif-appeals-court-approves-cell-phone-searches?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/06/1234232/calif-appeals-court-approves-cell-phone-searches?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email</span></span></a><br />+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />[0]Local ID10T writes with this excerpt from The Blaze: "In a case<br />explicitly decided to set a precedent, the California Appellate court has<br />determined [1] police officers can rifle through your cellphone during a<br />traffic violation stop. ... Florida and Georgia are among the states that<br />give no protection to a phone during a search. In particular, Florida law<br />treats a smartphone as a 'container' for the purposes of a search,<br />similar to say a cardboard box open on the passenger seat, despite the<br />thousands of personal emails, contacts, and photos a phone can carry<br />stretching back years. But after initially striking down cell phone<br />snooping, California has now joined the list of states that allow cops to<br />go through your phone without a warrant." [2]Interesting additional<br />commentary, too, from UCSD law professor Shaun Martin.<br /><br />Discuss this story at:<br /><a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000025/!x-usc:https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/06/1234232/calif-appeals-court-approves-cell-phone-searches?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/06/1234232/calif-appeals-court-approves-cell-phone-searches?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</span></span></a><br /><br />Links:<br />0. <a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000025/!x-usc:mailto:ID10T.L.USER@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">mailto:ID10T.L.USER@gmail.com</span></span></a><br />1. <a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000025/!x-usc:http://www.theblaze.com/stories/calif-appeals-court-approves-cell-phone-searches-during-traffic-stops/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://www.theblaze.com/stories/calif-appeals-court-approves-cell-phone-searches-during-traffic-stops/</span></span></a><br />2. <a href="wlmailhtml:{A3BC50DA-54F8-48CB-8154-8EF261BD04ED}mid://00000025/!x-usc:http://calapp.blogspot.com/2011/09/people-v-nottoli-cal-ct-app-sept-26.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://calapp.blogspot.com/2011/09/people-v-nottoli-cal-ct-app-sept-26.html</span></span></a></p>