The police have a right to search any area in which the defendant does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Which of the following, however, requires the police to obtain a search warrant?
A)using a cotton swab to take a DNA sample of a person under arrest
B)searching online chat messages or reading Twitter posts
C)searching the digital contents of a cellphone or personal computer
D)finding out what websites you have visited on your computer

Question

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The Supreme Court has ruled that police generally need a warrant to search the digital contents of a cellphone or personal computer due to the significant privacy interests in the vast amounts of personal information those devices contain.

The Police Have a Right to Search Any Area in Which