Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith_recently_blogged about his views on recent ruling regarding consumer privacy by the US supreme court. It was the case of_Riley v. California in which court ruled that warrantless searches cannot be extended to mobile devices and government agencies should get a warrant to search a device of the accused. To know about how the public feels about these issues, Microsoft commissioned a survey._Microsoft revealed that_full 83 percent of American voters believe police should get a warrant before searching personal information on someone’s cell phone. The poll also found that: · 75 percent agree with Chief Justice Roberts’ statement that “privacy comes at a cost” and there needs to be a balance between fighting crime and our Constitutional right to privacy; and · 86 percent believe police should have to follow the same legal requirements for obtaining personal information stored in the cloud as they do for personal information stored on paper. The Supreme Court’s decision, while a historic step, addresses just one of the many questions...

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