Police to sieze mobile phones after a RTC

TadleyBaggie

Nothing new. I had a RTA a few years ago, both of my mobile phones were removed from me.

boliston

I'm pretty sure most mobiles can be remotely "wiped". Presumably the "wipe" would take effect from when the phone is next switched on after being confiscated or stolen. Not sure if removing the sim before switching on would prevent a wipe though - perhaps the forensics would remove the flash memory from the device and extract the data directly rather than via the phone.

custardy

boliston wrote: »

I'm pretty sure most mobiles can be remotely "wiped". Presumably the "wipe" would take effect from when the phone is next switched on after being confiscated or stolen. Not sure if removing the sim before switching on would prevent a wipe though - perhaps the forensics would remove the flash memory from the device and extract the data directly rather than via the phone.

come on. remote wipe is merely a bit more work to recover the data.

boliston

custardy wrote: »

come on. remote wipe is merely a bit more work to recover the data.

Never used it so would not have a clue if it's a simple "delete" or if it "overwrites" with random 0's & 1's like some "wipe" apps for PC

arcon5

As said, remote wipe is useless as they can get records from the carriers themselves. Just makes their job a bit easier and quicker if the evidence* is on the phone.

*evidence being used loosely since simply having a record of a phone call in progress isn't evidence of wrongdoing.

topdaddy_2

So are police searching crash "suspects/victims"?

OnanTheBarbarian

It is all being quoted out of context and the facts can be found more here

http://www.acpo.presscentre.com/Press-Releases/Reports-of-police-seizing-mobile-phones-after-every-road-traffic-collision-are-inaccurate-2e8.aspx

"It has been standard practice to seize mobile phones from drivers at the scenes of very serious collisions for some time as part of the information and evidence gathering process, but it is not now, nor will it be, standard practice to seize phones from drivers after every collision.