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Pervasive government surveillance might be virtually expected by this point, but in theory, there's a robust legal system to deal with cops surveilling citizens. Law enforcement agencies are supposed to get a warrant and serve that to cellphone companies, who then provide the data.
But according to a New York Times report, a company that primarily deals with prison phone systems has leveraged a data-sharing service offered by phone carriers to allow cops to track any cellphone number, with no legal checks in place to stop it being abused.
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Cops can locate anyone’s cell phone in real time without a warrant, all thanks to a privacy backdoor originally appeared on BGR.com on Sun, 13 May 2018 at 12:02:59 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Pervasive government surveillance might be virtually expected by this point, but in theory, there's a robust legal system to deal with cops surveilling citizens. Law enforcement agencies are supposed to get a warrant and serve that to cellphone companies, who then provide the data.
But according to a New York Times report, a company that primarily deals with prison phone systems has leveraged a data-sharing service offered by phone carriers to allow cops to track any cellphone number, with no legal checks in place to stop it being abused.
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Cops can locate anyone’s cell phone in real time without a warrant, all thanks to a privacy backdoor originally appeared on BGR.com on Sun, 13 May 2018 at 12:02:59 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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