Legal Battles Over Cellphone Tracking

Posted by Zonk on Saturday December 10, 2005 @01:26AM from the they-know-if-you're-awake-citizen dept.

stupefaction writes "The New York Times reports on recent successful court challenges to police use of cellphone tracking information in the course of an investigation. From the article: 'In the last four months, three federal judges have denied prosecutors the right to get cellphone tracking information from wireless companies without first showing "probable cause" to believe that a crime has been or is being committed. That is the same standard applied to requests for search warrants. [...] Cellular operators like Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless know, within about 300 yards, the location of their subscribers whenever a phone is turned on.'"

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Re:Patriot Act by hcob$ · 2005-12-10 02:14 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Wow, I think you need to write lyrics for green day... why don't you just get over yourself?

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