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Daily News @ http://RevolutionNews.US - ACLU seeks information on Michigan program that allows cops to download information from smart phones belonging to stopped motorists.

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The Michigan State Police have a high-tech mobile forensics device that can be used to extract information from cell phones belonging to motorists stopped for minor traffic violations. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan last Wednesday demanded that state officials stop stonewalling freedom of information requests for information on the program.

http://RevolutionNews.US - AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and other wireless providers would be required to record and store information about Americans’ private text messages for at least two years, according to a proposal that police have submitted to the U.S. Congress.

State and local law enforcement groups want wireless providers to store detailed information about your SMS messages for at least two years -- in case they're needed for future criminal investigations. AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and other wireless providers would be required to record and store information about Americans' private text messages for at least two years, according to a proposal that police have submitted to the U.S. Congress.

I'm surprised this law passed. The cops will probably ignore it, but at least that gives people a chance to get evidence thrown out. Then again, most peopel will likely just cave and give cops permission anyway.

The State of North Carolina issued a letter to justify enforcement of traffic laws "due to constant complaints about officers enforcing traffic laws.

YouTube describes in its blog about how Senator Joe Lieberman contacts it to discuss censoring videos that are considered "terrorist propaganda" - videos that are "too extreme" or "too radical."

Several months ago, as a way to prevent the use of cellular phones in criminal activities, the government of Mexico started a program to require all phone owners to register cell phones in their own names. The registry associates each phone with the listed owner's Clave Unica de Registro de Poblacion (CURP) [CURP, in English], which is supposed to be a unique ID for every Mexican citizen.

Unlocking cell phones will be illegal on January 26,2013 because of a determination by the Librarian of Congress under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Yet another example why cops want to outlaw cell phone videos. They just make them look bad.