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Campaign grind takes its toll on GOP candidates

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a good thing the GOP presidential race slows down from here: The candidates are even more tired than the voters. And, boy, does it show....

Campaign grind takes its toll on GOP candidates

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a good thing the GOP presidential race slows down from here: The candidates are even more tired than the voters. And, boy, does it show....

Campaign grind takes its toll on GOP candidates

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a good thing the GOP presidential race slows down from here: The candidates are even more tired than the voters. And, boy, does it show....

Campaign grind takes its toll on GOP candidates

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a good thing the GOP presidential race slows down from here: The candidates are even more tired than the voters. And, boy, does it show....

Campaign grind takes its toll on GOP candidates

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a good thing the GOP presidential race slows down from here: The candidates are even more tired than the voters. And, boy, does it show....

Campaign grind takes its toll on GOP candidates

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a good thing the GOP presidential race slows down from here: The candidates are even more tired than the voters. And, boy, does it show....

'Stand Your Ground Law' at center of Fla. shooting

MIAMI — Florida is among 21 states with a "Stand Your Ground Law," which gives people wide latitude to use deadly force rather than retreat during a fight. The self-defense law helps explain why a neighborhood watch captain has not been arrested in the shooting death of an unarmed teenager.

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Campaign grind takes its toll on GOP candidates

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a good thing the GOP presidential race slows down from here: The candidates are even more tired than the voters. And, boy, does it show....

House GOP budget plan heats up as campaign issue

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The new debt-slashing budget plan pushed by House Republicans heated up as a presidential campaign issue Sunday as the proposal's architect, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, sparred with top Democrats over its political fallout and downplayed the possibility he could be tapped as a vice presidential candidate....

House panel approves contentious GOP budget plan

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's on to the House floor for a deficit-slashing GOP budget plan....

Senate set for key vote on insider trading ban

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A key Senate vote is set on a scaled-down bill to explicitly prohibit members of Congress and other federal workers from profiting from information learned on the job....

Senate set for key vote on insider trading ban

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A key Senate vote is set on a scaled-down bill to explicitly prohibit members of Congress and other federal workers from profiting from information learned on the job....

Senate set for key vote on insider trading ban

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A key Senate vote is set on a scaled-down bill to explicitly prohibit members of Congress and other federal workers from profiting from information learned on the job....

Senate set for key vote on insider trading ban

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A key Senate vote is set on a scaled-down bill to explicitly prohibit members of Congress and other federal workers from profiting from information learned on the job....

Campaign grind takes its toll on GOP candidates

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a good thing the GOP presidential race slows down from here: The candidates are even more tired than the voters. And, boy, does it show....

Geekosystem: "FBI Can’t Crack Pimp’s Phone’s Pattern Lock, Serves Google With Warrant"

FourthAmendment.com - News - Sun, 2025-05-18 23:16

Geekosystem: FBI Can’t Crack Pimp’s Phone’s Pattern Lock, Serves Google With Warrant by James Plafke:

The FBI secured a pimp’s Samsung Android phone as part of a case following a former pimp released on parole who seemed to be partaking in pimping activities once again, specifically through the use of his Android phone. The pimp previously signed a Fourth Amendment search rights waiver, which allowed the FBI to search his home and property at any time without a court order. When he turned over his phone, he didn’t unlock the device, even though his parole conditions prevented him from hiding or locking digital files, but claimed the phone belonged to his sister. Amusingly, the FBI couldn’t crack the phone’s unlock pattern, and then served a warrant to Google, Android’s developer, to help them unlock the phone.

The FBI obtained a warrant to search the phone last month, but weren’t able to crack it due to the phone’s swipe password lock, which can actually be easily defeated — either by simply looking at the smudges on the phone’s screen, or because you’re the FBI and should have access to a variety cracking tools and skilled employees who know how to use them. The FBI attempted the password too many times, which locked the phone, which in turn could only be unlocked using the phone owner’s Google account credentials. As you could imagine, the pimp refused to cooperate, so the FBI served Google with a warrant in order to get the Android developers to help out.

This is the logical step. See ZDnet.com: "Woman who pleaded Fifth in password case now citing Fourth". If the owner of the phone can plead the Fifth, then the government has to attempt to use a search warrant to get into the phone.

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