Cell phone users can’t stop incriminating themselves
Summary
Ars Technica examines how modern smartphones can reveal sensitive behavior through searches, messages, deletions, and location data, and how digital forensics shape legal outcomes. The piece uses real cases like Kouri Richins to illustrate how phone data can become pivotal evidence, while highlighting broader privacy and evidentiary concerns surrounding everyday device use. It underscores the tension between the ubiquity of mobile devices and the growing depth of data that can be mined by investigators.