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https://www.delawareonline.com/stor...g-may-derail-hockessin-murder-case/754978002/
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(I apologize for the rather crappy format of that site, but it is what it is)
So, who should be able to access your cell phone data and when?
It's evident the guy accused of murder in this Delaware case was tracked down based on cell phone data.
A GPS signature/fingerprint that then led to discovering much more damning evidence of his guilt.
Was what law enforcement did at the beginning of this investigation something they should be able to do? Or not?
At what point is what you do with, or on your smartphone, no longer protected property/information?
Hopefully y'all can view that article. If not try clearing your cookies, then clicking the link.
(I apologize for the rather crappy format of that site, but it is what it is)
New Castle County Police detectives had tools that family members did not. Less than a month later, they arrested Benjamin G. Rauf, 28, in the murder of his Temple Law School classmate.
The case came together quickly. First, cellphone location data showed Rauf was in the area of the shooting. Then, a handgun found in Rauf's Albany, New York-area apartment matched a cartridge from the crime scene. On his phone, police found internet searches for such topics as "state extradition for murder."
it has been on hold awaiting a ruling over how police access citizens' cellphone data.
That decision, Carpenter v. United States, came down in June and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police must meet the higher legal standard of "probable cause" before retrieving cell phone location data as part of an investigation.
That ruling may bolster the defense's effort to have most of the evidence against Rauf thrown out.
So, who should be able to access your cell phone data and when?
It's evident the guy accused of murder in this Delaware case was tracked down based on cell phone data.
A GPS signature/fingerprint that then led to discovering much more damning evidence of his guilt.
Was what law enforcement did at the beginning of this investigation something they should be able to do? Or not?
At what point is what you do with, or on your smartphone, no longer protected property/information?