Ohio Mulling Bill to Allow Police Access to Cellphone Data During Emergencies
Why do solid police work when you can just scream emergency?
An Ohio House committee approved a controversial bill yesterday that would allow police to collect limited cellphone data during an emergency.
The legislation would require cellphone carriers to provide data revealing a user's location during an emergency such as an abduction.
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This is extremely bad law: You people in Ohio, and everywhere else, are completely out of your minds if you allow this.
In fact, you ought to have legislation that specifically DISALLOWS LE from doing ANYTHING with anyone's cell phone. And it's a felony if they do.
I'm in Ohio. Do you think I'm allowing anything with a boot on my neck? Those fucks in the statehouse will do as they please... for the children.