Just how much does the Constitution prot

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问题 Just how much does the Constitution protect your digital data?The Supreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest.California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling particularly one that upsets the old assumption that authorities may search through the possessions of suspects at the time of their arrest.It is hard,the state argues,for judges to assess the implications of new and rapidly changing technologies.The court would be recklessly modest if it followed California’s advice.Enough of the implications are discernable,even obvious,so that the justices can and should provide updated guidelines to police,lawyers and defendants.They should start by discarding California’s lame argument that exploring the contents of a smart phone—a vast storehouse of digital information—is similar to,say,rifling through a suspect’s purse.The court has ruled that police don’t violate the Fourth Amendment when they sift through the wallet or pocketbook of an arrestee without a warrant.But exploring one’s smart phone is more like entering his or her home.A smart phone may contain an arrestee’s reading history,financial history,medical history and comprehensive records of recent correspondence.The development of“cloud computing,”meanwhile,has made that exploration so much the easier.Americans should take steps to protect their digital privacy.But keeping sensitive information on these devices is increasingly a requirement of normal life.Citizens still have a right to expect private documents to remain private and protected by the Constitution’s prohibition on unreasonable searches.As so often is the case,stating that principle doesn’t ease the challenge of line-drawing.In many cases,it would not be overly onerous for authorities to obtain a warrant to search through phone contents.They could still invalidate Fourth Amendment protections when facing severe,urgent circumstances,and they could take reasonable measures to ensure that phone data are not erased or altered while a warrant is pending.The court,though,may want to allow room for police to cite situations where they are entitled to more freedom.But the justices should not swallow California’s argument whole.New,disruptive technology sometimes demands novel applications of the Constitution’s protections.Orin Kerr,a law professor,compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a virtual necessity of life in the 20th:The justices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car then;they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now.The author believes that exploring one’s phone contents is comparable toA.principles are hard to be clearly expressed.B.the court is giving police less room for action.C.citizens’privacy is not effectively protected.D.phones are used to store sensitive information.

选项 A.principles are hard to be clearly expressed.
B.the court is giving police less room for action.
C.citizens’privacy is not effectively protected.
D.phones are used to store sensitive information.

答案 C

解析推理判断根据题干信息In paragraph 5 and 6回文定位到第5段和第6段。第5段第一句话明确指出Americans should take steps to protect their digital privacy，说明探讨的是美国民众的数据隐私问题。第6段主要探讨警察是否应该被当局赋予更大的权利来检查公众的手机内容，这个问题与第5段的内容是紧密相关的，公众被检查自己的手机内容，那么他们手机内的数据隐私就会被公开。由此可推知作者的顾虑主要是围绕保护公众的隐私展开，因此答案为C。

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