FBI looking at your phone`s lock screen without a warrant unconstitutional
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`Here, the FBI physically intruded on Mr. Sam`s personal effect when the FBI powered on his phone to take a picture of the phone`s lock screen.` What you need to know A Judge has ruled that even switching on a phone to look at its lock screen constitutes a search. As such, a law enforcement agency cannot do it without a search warrant. This is different from a police officer looking at your phone at the scene of a crime or inquiry, however. A Seattle district Judge has ruled that turning on a phone`s lock screen during the course of an investigation constitutes a search, and as such requires a warrant to be lawful. As reported by ArsTechnica: A man from Washington state was arrested in May 2019 and was indicted on several charges related to robbery and assault. The suspect, Joseph Sam, was using an unspecified Motorola smartphone. When he was arrested, he says, one of the officers present hit the power button to bring up the phone`s lock screen. The filing does not say that...