Michigan State Police extracting your cell phone data

[POOPY PANTS FACE]

What if you pull the battery before you give it to them?

[Drunko McMoppo]

What if you pull the battery before you give it to them?

They shoot you for noncompliance.

[sinSStr]

What if you pull the battery before you give it to them?

"Give me the battery smartass."
"Don't have one."
"You carry a cell phone with no battery?"
"Don't believe in 'em. Against my religion."

Cop:

[POOPY PANTS FACE]

They shoot you for noncompliance.

then I shoot them for PTSD.

[RNSF]

this is bad in many ways. also, my jawbone has the handsfree texting option so I can send a text without touching my phone. I'm sure others have this option too.

basically if this doesn't stop we are fucked by cops. but buy one of these devices and you can tell if your gf is cheating............

Yes, I use it religiously, it makes txt'ing a snap on the go.

The GF thing, just access her iphones saved gps tracking file when she updates her itunes...

[tim]

First the Emergency Manager takes over the city government in Benton Harbor, and now this... I miss Minnesota.

Benton Harbor Never felt so unsafe in my life. Had to go there when I was in confirmation for church. What a shit hole.

[CCr]

I like the virus idea. the scanners are like 4700 bucks.

[Darkness]

I like the virus idea. the scanners are like 4700 bucks.

Know someone who can write one?
Lets get Anonymous on this.

[AdamZ82]

"Give me the battery smartass."
"Don't have one."
"You carry a cell phone with no battery?"
"Don't believe in 'em. Against my religion."

Cop:

Fixed that for ya...

[Nifty]

First the Emergency Manager takes over the city government in Benton Harbor, and now this... I miss Minnesota.

That's because Michigan is too fucking stupid to figure out why their fucking state sucks. They fail to learn from history, hence why they have an Emergency Manager. Somebody has to clean up that mess.

[CCr]

Know someone who can write one?
Lets get Anonymous on this.

my friends are more like the guy in your sig than computer guys.

[Max Power]

How many people against this were against seat belt laws? Or amendments to those laws to allow cops to pull you over strictly for not wearing a belt? Or are in favor of helmet laws? Or in favor of road blocks for DUI enforcement? Hell, even 2nd hand smoke laws.

Normally I think Badcobra is one tinfoil hat wearing mofacky, but he is right about this one. This stuff is a huge slippery slope.

[kineda]

http://www.cellebrite.com/images/stories/support%20files/UME36_Manual.pdf

[kineda]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20055961-83.html?tag=mncol;txt

Michigan police refute ACLU's data-collection claims

One of the data extraction devices made by Cellebrite and used by the Michigan State Police.

The Michigan State Police today fired back at claims that it has been using handheld machines called "extraction devices" to download personal information from motorists they pull over, even if they're not suspected of any crime.

The Michigan branch of the American Civil Liberties Union last week said it was petitioning the MSP to release information regarding the use of portable devices that "can be used to secretly extract personal information from cell phones during routine stops." The devices can reportedly download text messages, photos, video, and GPS data from most brands of cell phones. In its statement, the ACLU said it has been attempting to get more information about these devices for three years.

Now, the police department says claims about how it uses the so-called data extraction devices, or DEDs, are off-base.

"The MSP only uses the DEDs if a search warrant is obtained or if the person possessing the mobile device gives consent," it said in a statement. "The DEDs are not being used to extract citizens' personal information during routine traffic stops."

As for secret collection of data, the police said, "The MSP does not possess DEDs that can extract data without the officer actually possessing the owner's mobile device. The DEDs utilized by the MSP cannot obtain information from mobile devices without the mobile device owner knowing."

I've asked the ACLU of Michigan for comment on today's statement and will update this story if I hear back.

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Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-200...#ixzz1KB9SK6ci

[SVT5LITER]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-200...?tag=mncol;txt
"The MSP only uses the DEDs if a search warrant is obtained or if the person possessing the mobile device gives consent," it said in a statement.

That's more how I thought it would be. Along the lines of when they ask your consent to search your trunk/vehicle. Hell no you can't search my ride, piss off!