techdirt: CA Legislators Pass Warrant Requirement For Phone Searches, Gut Transparency Stipulations To Appease Law Enforcement

techdirt: CA Legislators Pass Warrant Requirement For Phone Searches, Gut Transparency Stipulations To Appease Law Enforcement by Tim Cushing:

The California Senate has passed a bill that creates a warrant requirement for searches of cellphones, tablets and electronic devices. This would be slightly different than the recent Supreme Court decision, which only creates a warrant requirement for searches incident to arrest. In terms of this legislation, the proposed law would forbid warrantless access to personal electronic devices (whether or not “incident to arrest”), as well as data stored at third-parties but accessible through these devices. (via Boing Boing)