This logic can also be applied to restricting police from searching motor vehicles, since they could just do the same police work that they would have done in the centuries before the existence of personal motor vehicles.
The argument isn't that you can't search phones/computers its that they are not a special case. The accused does not lose existing rights because it would be convenient for law enforcement. The issue would not come up with a car because the door could merely be jimmied.
> The issue would not come up with a car because the door could merely be jimmied.
This isn't a counterargument for why phones/computers should be considered a special case exempt from a search warrant. The inability for the door to be jimmied doesn't make the car deserving of a special exemption.
