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Summary: Carpenter V. United States

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In the article by Patricia Smith, Connie Dabate was found dead in her home, the officers were unaware who the killer was. As police questioned her husband, Richard Dabate, he told the officers that a masked man entered their home and attacked Connie. Law enforcement soon realized Connie Dabate was wearing a fitbit, police investigated this, discovering that an hour after Connie was supposedly murdered, she walked 1,217 feet around her house.Richard was later tried for murder in court. Even though some believe searching through electronic devices without a warrant is intruding on personal privacy and going against the Fourth Amendment, this action allows quicker investigations with better evidence. In many investigations, electronic devices are used as an essential assent for solving crimes. One example of this is, Carpenter v. United States, Carpenter was believed to be a part of multiple robberies. MetroPCS, a wireless carrier, gave law enforcement four months of location records to help solve the case. By doing this, officers were able to track more than twelve hundred location point were Carpenter was using his phone, some of the points …show more content…

In the article produced by Damon Root, the Indiana Supreme Court stated this, “ Cellphones are double- edged swords, increasing convenience at the expense of privacy.” Although an electronic device may help a consumer in an everyday life,privacy is cut short considering that most of the storage in a device is not protected. As consumers put their information out on the internet, it is for everyone to see. One statement from the Supreme court said this, “What a person knowingly exposes to the public, even in his own home or office, is not a subject of Fourth Amendment protection.” As a person releases information to the public, exposing themself to whoever is allowed to see, they are opening a window to their personal

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