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Twisted Tracking Law Precedent Badly Needs Straightening Out
On December 16, 2019 the Supreme Court denied cert in Ackies v. United States, the ‘precise location’ warrant case from the First Circuit. For reasons I outline…
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Why are Precise Location Warrants a Thing?
My last post explained how the recent First Circuit decision in U.S. v. Ackies misconstrued the Tracking Device Statute by an unduly cramped reading of its key…
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Why is the Internet Like a Cell Phone? Carpenter v. U.S
If your cell phone is on, your location is known, tracked and recorded, whether you are in your home or in public. As you move around, your location history is…
Prof. Stephanie Pell and Chris Soghoian - Hearsay Culture Show #229 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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AT&T suggests it needs to protect your cellphone location privacy
""It's an important first step, since telcos historically haven't done much to resist lax surveillance procedures," Jonathan Mayer, a pri…
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Find Out Whether This Unkillable Tracker Is On Your Smartphone
"“The most objectionable part is that it’s a boneheaded technical design, no matter what you think about carrier selling information about you,” says Mayer…
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The covert cellphone tracking tech the RCMP and CSIS won’t talk about
"“These devices are thus far more covert in operation – indeed effectively invisible – but they can only detect signals of nearby phones when those phones…
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Courts may hear challenges to secret cell tracking devices after new ruling
"Brian Pascal, a research fellow at the University of California, Hastings, told Ars that he didn’t think that this new ruling would impact metadata gather…
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Cell phone tracking technology outpacing public policy in Minnesota
""Because of the sheer number of innocent people whose records are affected, we think it is important that law enforcement agents obtain a warrant bas…
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Is That Big Brother In Your Pocket?
Did you know the government can track your movements by your cell phone? And while courts are struggling to define whether agents need probable cause to follow…