Speculation On Large-Scale Phone Location Snooping

An anonymous reader recommends a speculative blog entry by Chris Soghoian up on CNet. Soghoian makes a convincing case that the NSA could be using loopholes in the law to gather real-time location information on the mobile phones of millions of people. There is no hard evidence that this is happening, but the blog post sheds light on the dense undergrowth of companies populating the wireless space that could be easy pickings for a National Security Letter with a gag order attached. "While these household names of the telecom industry [AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint] almost certainly helped the government to illegally snoop on their customers, statements by a number of legal experts suggest that collaboration with the NSA may run far deeper into the wireless phone industry. With over 3,000 wireless companies operating in the United States, the majority of industry-aided snooping likely occurs under the radar, with the dirty work being handled by companies that most consumers have never heard of."

Comments

define secrets.

[Anonymous Coward]

I belong to a society that our members are often killed if the government or others find out. During our meetings we are bombed or shot at.

You may say you have no secrets but the membership in my group, at the moment isn't a secret, but I don't share it with everyone. Thankfully we don't have to be underground here in the US but the time is coming that we'll have to once again go underground.

I'm a Christian. We are not dangerous but often killed by oppressive people (Muslims), governments (China, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran) and awful people (anti-Christians).

If you say I have nothing to fear, you are correct. At the moment. The Holocaust started with hate and the government.

From what I see on slashdot, there's enough hate for me to fear some of the posters gaining power.

Re:No Such Company.

[Intron]

hmmm. blank eyes, tousled hair, thinks this discussion is about the internet instead of cell phones. must be high. I think you wandered into the wrong room. Go back out, hang a left, and try the "Games" section.