The Michigan State Police have a high-tech mobile forensics device that can be used to extract information from cell phones belonging to motorists stopped for minor traffic violations. [More]
Interesting background for those behind this. Can't help but wonder about a Mossad connection...
So I can see a counter-terror and crimefighting use for this. What I can't see is MI thug "Only Ones" deploying it wholesale on We the People without warrants.
Whoever made the decision to do that deserves to have every cell phone electriraped to date shoved up his...
And whoever decided to charge $544+K to answer a FOIA deserves to have the same amount of money shoved up his--in quarters.
What do you want to bet it's the same person, and an operator's voice will tell you to insert another 25 cents?
If there's not already a counter-snooping program available, one soon will be.
ReplyDeleteWhat's needed is one that destroys the snooping machinery for keeps. That can be done.
In the meantime, if you're stopped, just remove your cell phone battery, that's a stopper.
I bet we could get the White House to shut it down if we could show that it was mainly used around Dearborn and Lansing.
ReplyDeleteWhich would be an interesting twist on this, to boot.