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ACLU: Police must get warrants to obtain personal data from cars
You might not think of your car as a treasure trove of personal data, but it frequently is -- performance data, phone contacts and location info may be sitting under the hood. And the American Civil Liberties Union wants to be sure police can't just take it. The organization is appearing as a friend of the court in Georgia's Supreme Court on June 19th to argue that personal data on cars is protected by the US Constitution's Fourth Amendment and thus requires a warrant. The appearance is tied to a case, Mobley vs. State, where police used a car's "black box" to level more serious charges.
After a deadly car crash, Georgia police downloaded data from the Event Data Recorder on Mobley's car to determine his speed before the crash, using that to level more severe accusations against him. Georgia has contended that this was legal under the Fourth Amendment's "vehicle exception" allowing searches for physical items, but the ACLU believes this doesn't count for digital data. It likened this to requiring a warrant for phone data -- just because the device holding the data is obtainable without a warrant doesn't mean the data is also up for grabs.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by NotSanguine on Wednesday June 19 2019, @02:04PM
I just finished watching, and there is some updated, and extremely useful, information in the video you linked.
However, I'd say that the original is still worth watching. I say this for a couple reasons:
1. Duane isn't shilling for his book in the original, and is much more expansive on why you shouldn't talk to the police, instead of just saying "if you want to know the answer, read the book.";
2. Having an experienced police officer agree with absolutely everything that Duane says is really powerful. What's more, the cop gives *concrete examples* of how the police routinely lie to people, from the point of view of the police. It's quite chilling, in fact;
That said, it's definitely worth a look. Thanks for posting it!
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