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Appeals Court OKs Warrantless, Real-Time Mobile Phone Tracking

JHalstead — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:17:44 +0000

Appeals court rules law enforcement agencies don't need a warrant to "ping" and track prepaid cellphone locations.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/08/warrantless-gps-phone-tracking/
http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/12a0262p-06.pdf

These Are The Prices AT&T, Verizon and Sprint Charge For Cell Wiretaps

iamodd999 — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:51:18 +0000

If Americans aren’t disturbed by phone carriers’ practices of handing over cell phone users’ personal data to law enforcement en masse–in many cases without a warrant–we might at least be interested to learn just how much that service is costing us in tax dollars: often hundreds or thousands per individual snooped.

Judge jails entire courtroom over ringing cell phone

jeffersonish — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:04:28 +0000

Judge hears cell phone and asks whose phone it was. When nobody confesses he sends all 46 people in the courtroom to jail. This is an old story I stumbled across but it was so outrageous, I just had to submit it.

CA Appeals Court Approves Cell Phone Search During Traffic Stop

maladjus — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:33:52 +0000

The California Court of Appeal on September 26 approved a police officer's rifling through the cell phone belonging to someone who had just been pulled over for a traffic violation.