Phone Records Between 1970 And 1970

There are a lot of questions that need to be answered in front of the court about cell phones before they can make legislation of whether or not to allow warrantless search. A question that comes up a lot is how can the lower courts compare searching a cell phone to searching a pack of cigarettes? This is because cell phones store data, and data contains personal information, when a box of tobacco doesn’t. When they do overcome this dilemma the next question will be: how far should the searching extended, text messages, call logs, pictures, GPS history, file sharing programs,

Ever since cellular phones first came to be in the 1980’s, people have been using them to carry out conversations, ask questions, or meet new people. Once cell phones reached a height of internet capabilities, smartphones were created. Cell phones from then on ended up changing society entirely. This research study could explain the effects of cell phones from their creation to today’s society and how they would influence the future generations. This study would also focus on the evolution of how cell phones become even more involved in our lives and how they truly influence us. This study would be beneficial to our generation by teaching them how technology is expanding, and the lives of humans will get easier as time goes on. Furthermore, this study would be beneficial as a report on how cell phones came to be in our history. This would expectedly heighten the awareness of society to how different our lives could be according to technological development. To the future researchers, this study could be used as a base for data in future development into how society adapts.

Smart phones have become a major part of daily life. They allow people all around the world to communicate with each other instantly. Smart phones enable people to access all the information they need in mere seconds using the Internet. Most people go about their days without any worry while using their smart phones. Smart phones have been a tool by the public for many years now, but they have also been used as a tool for something a little more nefarious.

Throughout the timeline the state presented for the crime, almost every point can be rebutted by the cell tower record. These records are the call information automatically collected when a call is made. More specifically, in the courtroom,

With the seemingly exponential propagation of inexpensive digital communications technologies over recent years, the general public is becoming more aware of the issues surrounding information privacy and government surveillance in the digital age. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry with a smart-phone has to be wary of how they use their private information for fear of that information being collected and used in a way contrary to their wishes. "Leaky" smartphone apps that transmit private information across the internet can be unethically used by government agencies. The issue of privacy is a balancing act; the public usually wants increased privacy and the government usually wants increased access.

Some of those data can be to help with everyday crimes but then would they not need a search warrant. In the last ten years, prosecutors and investigators have gathered digital evidence to illustrate victims. From a book called Unwind by Neal Shusterman is a futuristic time after the second civil war were parents can retroactively get rid of a child through a process called unwinding which is transplanting all the organs in the child's body to various recipients.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires that cell phone companies in the U.S. make 95 percent of their phones traceable by technology to enable quick location of an individual in the case of an emergency (Burten, C., 2012).

Whenever a call is made, phone companies record the who, what, when, and how long of

The police got those phone records without a warrant, which the Fourth Amendment generally requires,

Digital data stored on mobile phones have created new challenges for law enforcement due to the vital information regarding possible criminal activity but it has also created new challenges in how the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures when it comes to digital data stored on cell phones seized incident to arrest.

Texting is a popular form of communication, therefore it is no surprise that the courts today are confronted with the question of a whether a text message should be admitted as evidence at a trial. The answer is not so simple, since many factors must be considered in order to allow this. Such as, how did the court come about knowing of the text message? Did the police find it? Did they go through the accused’s phone without consent? Was this unlawful? Did this violate the accused’s charter right? All these factors must be addressed, in order to establish the admissibility of a text message to be entered in as evidence. Another factor that must be considered is the authenticity of the text message. For example how do you show that the text message from Jane Doe is actually from Jane Doe? The answer is not as simple as stating “it is because it came from her phone”. Further verification is needed to prove that the text message did indeed originate from Jane Doe. Another factor that must be taken into account is the fact that text messages can be easily manipulated. Tempering with mobile devices is not something new, and in today’s day and age you can even find tutorials on the internet that assist you in learning this technique. For example, by simply typing in “app to create fake text messages” in google I was presented with 5,750,000 results within 47 seconds. This is something the courts must keep in mind when allowing a text message to be entered in as evidence.

Others issues may involve smartphones. I feel as though it would be imperative for an attorney to use a smartphone in cases involving smartphones. Otherwise, difficulty could arise in trying to describe the issue” (Sabulis).

Modern day cell phones, now contain many Americans private lives, they are protected under the Fourth Amendment due to the fact that they allow people to carry personal information, in the palm of their hand. Which is why searching a phone without a warrant is illegal as proven by the U.S Constitution and recently confirmed by the U.S Supreme Court.

Everyone who has read the novel 1984 by George Orwell knows the type of government there was in the book. The government would watch each citizen’s every single move and nobody had any privacy what so ever. No one would want to live in a society like this one but our country is not far from it. Every day different companies come up with different ways to take away a little bit of our privacy. If it’s not “surveillance” cameras, which appear to be everywhere a person goes, it’s our phones and other electronic devices.

Technology is the persistent application of information in the design, production and use of goods and services, and in the organization of human activities. Criminal Justice is the system of law enforcement, involving police, lawyers, courts, and corrections, used for all phases of criminal procedures and penalty. As technology is used in the organization of human activities and criminal justice deals with the criminal aspects of humans it constantly unites these two things. As technology advances, so will it is use in the field of criminal justice. These advancements are necessary to help keep up with the growing and evolving world, but it is also necessary to make sure that this type of technology does not begin to infringe on a person’s individual civil liberties.