# Can cops search your phone?

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-cops-search-your-phone/42470
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [January 26, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-cops-search-your-phone/42470 "2008-01-26T10:12:15Z")
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### Author: ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-cops-search-your-phone/42470/13 "2008-01-26T13:57:48Z")

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> [@FightinMike](#):
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> I really really hate that argument, because it isnt really an argument at all.  
> Everyone has something to hide. You work for a company, it makes things, proprietary things. Things people outside the company arent to supposed to see.  
> You have bank records, SSN, credit cards, and many other things that are available to you online. If you have nothing to hide, post your credit card numbers (with pin if it’s a debit card) and security code up here.

Are you a cop? If so you already have access to all that information, you don’t need me or my phone to get it. What exactly am I trying to hide? Especially in the incident that I get pulled over for speeding… I’m not stashing my weed under the seat or a gun in the glove box. The cop isn’t going to hand me a speeding ticket and as for my cell phone. Get a grip.

> [@ecoshardcore](#):
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> and you probably think that the patriot act is good for our civil liberties and rights too.

How is law enforcement acting out a search based on probable cause in violation to your civil rights? Are you opposed to roadblocks as well? The patriot act got a bad rep because it wasn’t exactly rolled out in the best way. Do I give a shit if the FBI/CIA/AAA hears what I’m talking about on the phone? Fuck no. What the hell are you people doing with your cell phones that you’re going to cry about it on the internet?

> [@AfXtc777](#):
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> ehh every girl i’ve ever dated has always sent me pics that we’re only meant for me to see…  
> if a cop touched my phone i’d get arrested, sorry this is bullshit

Unless you’re dating a 12yr old, you have nothing to worry about. Like I said, cops have access to this information if and when they need it anyway.

For those of you who have actually read the article, and read at a 5th grade level or higher, you’ll understand that the entire thing was written on an idea, that cops would be able to search the phone as if it were a “container”… not that it is a new law, or that it is an epidemic and you should immediately destroy your phone in case of pursuit. Its called probable cause… you give them a reason and they will know what the inside of your ass looks like.

Paranoid much?

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