Give up your password or go to jail: Police push legal boundaries to get into cellphones [telecom]

"The world should know that what they're doing out here is crazy," said a man who refused to share his passcode with police.

William Montanez is used to getting stopped by the police in Tampa, Florida, for small-time traffic and marijuana violations; it's happened more than a dozen times. When they pulled him over last June, he didn't try to hide his pot, telling officers, "Yeah, I smoke it, there's a joint in the center console, you gonna arrest me for that?"

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Posted 5 years ago by Monty Solomon in General Telecommunications Forum

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