ACLU: Michigan cops stealing drivers' phone data.

[Political Terror]

The Michigan State Police have started using handheld machines called "extraction devices" to download personal information from motorists they pull over, even if they're not suspected of any crime. Naturally, the ACLU has a problem with this.

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/04/19/Screen_shot_2011-04-19_at_2.05.59_PM_1_610x472.png

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20055431-1.html#ixzz1K1YGQb9t

Our benevolent overlords must really love us to go though all this trouble to protect us from......US.

[Anti Federalist]

Apparently "effects" does not include that electronic dog collar so many people willingly carry around with them.

And the noose tightens another notch...

[aGameOfThrones]

I see nothing wrong with this. How can they protect your Rights if they don't violate your Rights?


/S

[QueenB4Liberty]

I think they should start driving around with portable body scanners. It would make everyones lives more simple. Better yet, give us all dog collars so we'll know our place.

[Michael Landon]

Fuck, I think the police should start rounding everyone up that makes less than $1 million a year, put us on a train and have us delivered to some concentration camp where we'll have a fresh towel and bar of soap waiting for us in the shower.

- ML

[MikeStanart]

"You can see my cell phone when you procure a warrant, officer"

[Anti Federalist]

Has anyone built a "self destruct" app yet?

[MikeStanart]

Has anyone built a "self destruct" app yet?

Or better yet, an APP that feeds a virus to the machine, rendering it useless.

[Ray]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/29/americas-panic-button-to-wipe-phones-of-democracy-activists/


According to a fresh Reuters report, the US State Department is currently developing a software-based "panic button" that would wipe a phone's address book and beam out emergency alerts to fellow protesters if they were apprehended.

It will probably cost billions and take years to develop, while some kid in their parents basement could do it for free in a night.

[Romulus]

"You can see my cell phone when you procure a warrant, officer"

Officer: "Excuse me what, you're resisting arrest?"

[aGameOfThrones]

Has anyone built a "self destruct" app yet?



(Reuters) - Some day soon, when pro-democracy campaigners have their cellphones confiscated by police, they'll be able to hit the "panic button" -- a special app that will both wipe out the phone's address book and emit emergency alerts to other activists.

The panic button is one of the new technologies the U.S. State Department is promoting to equip pro-democracy activists in countries ranging from the Middle East to China with the tools to fight back against repressive governments.

The United States had budgeted some $50 million since 2008 to promote new technologies for social activists, focusing both on "circumvention" technology to help them work around government-imposed firewalls and on new strategies to protect their own communications and data from government intrusion.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/25/us-rights-usa-technology-idUSTRE72O6DH20110325

Posted here: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?284958-U.S.-develops-quot-panic-button-quot-for-democracy-activists(U.S-republic-activist-need-not-apply)

[Matt Collins]

I was able to get this posted on the front page of SlashDot:
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/04/19/2231240/Michigan-Police-Could-Search-Cell-Phones-During-Traffic-Stops

[QueenB4Liberty]

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/25/us-rights-usa-technology-idUSTRE72O6DH20110325

Posted here: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?284958-U.S.-develops-quot-panic-button-quot-for-democracy-activists(U.S-republic-activist-need-not-apply)

The iPhone already has that. But you couldn't do it unless you had your laptop in your car with a wifi connection because you have to go a website to wipe the data off the phone.

[Anti Federalist]

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[Icymudpuppy]

"You can see my cell phone when you procure a warrant, officer"

Taser!

[Anti Federalist]

Taser!

Nightstick!