re: ESPN on AU softball

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Stealing texts from someones phone and using that against them is a crime.


Not necessarily.

Aside from the reason they got the texts, how they got them and the steps the owner took to protect them would play into any legal issues. Leave an unlocked phone laying around and someone looks at it? That's on you.

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I have thought the same thing. The law allows anyone to gather info that can reasonably be obtained. I would assume looking over someone's shoulder or looking at an unlocked phone is reasonable.