US police are selling seized phones with personal data still on them


Telephones seized by police forces will be offered in on-line auctions

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Cellphones seized in US felony investigations are being offered on-line with private information like emails, financial institution particulars and nude pictures intact. Safety consultants warn that the apply allows hackers to purchase telephones and commit the identical crimes because the earlier proprietor, with the identical information and victims.

Numerous US states have legal guidelines permitting police forces to eliminate lost-and-found gadgets in the event that they aren’t collected inside a sure time, in addition to units that have been utilized in felony investigations or …