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I'm amazed any self-respecting criminal would carry a smartphone (or arguably even a dumb phone) while committing a crime. You might as well spray-paint "I'm a criminal, come and arrest me at [address]" on a bedsheet and hang it off a motorway bridge.

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It's not criminals who need to be worried about this tech.

Citation needed.

History books supply ample citations and experience. Authorities need a regular check. This fact was established in all modern democracies. That these checks don't work for modern technology is because of lacking competency from people responsible. And the fact too many people trying to publish wrongdoing end up in solitary confinement or need to flee the country.

Case in point: Julian Assange and Snowden

Plenty of criminals post their exploits on social media. And the police in the UK complain about it. The retardation on all sides is deep and pervasive.

Because bragging online about doing something is not really a confession? Probably not enough to get a warrant for phone tracking data?

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