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can police force you to unlock your phone?

NJ Supreme Court Will Determine Whether Cops Can Force You to Unlock Your Mobile Device

Can a police officer legally force you into providing your smartphone password?
By Donald Scarinci
A Homeland Security police vehicle near Federal Court before a hearing for Nigerian bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab January 8, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. Abdulmutallab is accused of trying detonate explosives on a Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on December 25, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Stan Honda (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Undocumented Immigrant Hunt Expands Use of Controversial Stingray Tech

Detroit Free Press reports on a new application of cell-site simulators: hunting down undocumented immigrants.
By Brady Dale
Does our dependence on smartphones harm our social fabric?

Does Your Smartphone Make You Less Likely to Trust Others?

The more often Americans used their phones to obtain information, the less they trusted strangers. How can this be, and what does it mean?
By Kostadin Kushlev
Nintendo concept mobile device by Pierre Cerveau

My Nintendo PDA Dream Come True

By Brady Dale
(via richardsummers' flickr.com)

Adults Now Prefer Mobile Device to Print Media and Their TV Screen to Just About Anything

By Nitasha Tiku

Gadget Distraction Plagues New York Pedestrians

By Mike Taylor
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