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Originally Posted by Zee
Its not about if there is nothing to hide then nothing to worry about, its about personal information
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Mobile phones are routinely seized, interrogated and their data examined by every Police force in the UK already. To be honest this story is no more newsworthy than when they changed from ink and card to a digital livescan system.
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Originally Posted by Zee
but if this technology was to be taken out onto the streets and used in stop-and-searches, that would be a significant and disturbing expansion of police powers."
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If the Police decided to take the data off every phone of every person then yes that would be an issue. They don't. I don't think they ever will and it would take a change in the law to make that in any way legal so I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it.