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    Computer Literacy at the Supreme Court

    What's in a cell phone? About one hundred times more information than all 72 thousand pages of James Madison's collected works. Today the Supreme Court considers whether police have the right to search a suspect's portable super-encyclopedia to their personal, financial, health and employments histories.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    What's in a cell phone? About one hundred times more information than all 72 thousand pages of James Madison's collected works. Today the Supreme Court considers whether police have the right to search a suspect's portable super-encyclopedia to their personal, financial, health and employments histories. Cell phones and privacy rights are something the founding fathers never dreamed of.

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      Barbara Bogaev

      radio journalist

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      KCRW

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

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      Adam Liptak

      New York Times

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      Kashmir Hill

      tech reporter for the NY Times

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    Can Big Business Improve the Plight of America's Farm Workers?
    1. 0:00EU Follows US in Imposing Russia Sanctions
    2. 0:00NBA Goes All In on Pushing Clippers Owner Out
    3. 8:05Can Big Business Improve the Plight of America's Farm Workers?
    4. 43:22Computer Literacy at the Supreme CourtYou’re reading this
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