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The HN title matches the article title, but it's somewhat misleading. The court actually ruled that the particular case before it was not a legal search, and that cellphone searches are only allowed under specific circumstances.

It looks to me as though the circumstances are a bit too broad, but it's not as though Canadian police will suddenly be allowed to search the cellphones of everyone they arrest.



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