Warrants Needed to Search Mobile Phones

A recent court ruling in Israel has made it illegal for police to search mobile phones of suspects without a court warrant, reports Cellular News.

"The ruling by the Jerusalem District Court puts mobile phones on the same level as computers, which already need a warrant before being investigated by the police.

... The ruling was prompted by an incident where police searched through mobile phones belonging to suspects involved in a weapons smuggling operation. The police made a record of the text messages in the handset and submitted it as evidence. The defendants lawyers argued that this constituted an illegal search citing the similarity between modern mobile phones and computers."

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