Because it's not all that different from people who speculate that data valuable to the terrorism investigation is on that and other phones. Maybe there is maybe there isn't, but we should not make policy based on speculation.
We should leave policy to policymakers and courts as well of course as constituents' input into the congress.
The question for people, congress and the courts is, should phones be different from other mediums of communications as well as data repositories where warrants cannot be executed to reveal or discover data in the course of a criminal investigation. Will people, the congress and courts decide that data should remain dark or can be revealed by court order. It's rather a basic question.
We should leave policy to policymakers and courts as well of course as constituents' input into the congress.
The question for people, congress and the courts is, should phones be different from other mediums of communications as well as data repositories where warrants cannot be executed to reveal or discover data in the course of a criminal investigation. Will people, the congress and courts decide that data should remain dark or can be revealed by court order. It's rather a basic question.