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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, September 08 2012 @ 07:00 PM EDT |
Location privacy generally, and cell site tracking specifically,
have been two hot issues this year, particularly since the Supreme Court's
January ruling in United
States v. Jones that installing a GPS device on a car without a search
warrant violated the Fourth Amendment.
After Jones, we were optimistic that both courts and
legislatures would begin to take location privacy seriously and demand
warrants before granting law enforcement access to a map of our every movements
over an extended period of time. But it hasn't turned out that way. In August,
the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issueda very bad decision
(PDF), ruling law enforcement did not need a search warrant to track a cell
phone in real time.
So this week EFF and a number of other civil liberties
organizations joined together in an amicus brief to ask the Sixth Circuit to reconsider its
decision.
Hanni Fakhoury, EFF[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, September 08 2012 @ 07:33 PM EDT |
Meet the administrative subpoena (.pdf): With a federal official’s signature, banks,
hospitals, bookstores, telecommunications companies and even utilities and
internet service providers — virtually all businesses — are required to hand
over sensitive data on individuals or corporations, as long as a government
agent declares the information is relevant to an investigation.
Via a wide
range of laws, Congress has authorized the government to bypass the Fourth
Amendment — the constitutional guard against unreasonable searches and seizures
that requires a probable-cause warrant signed by a judge.
In fact, there
are roughly 335
federal statutes on the books (.pdf) passed by Congress giving dozens upon
dozens of federal agencies the power of the administrative subpoena, according
to interviews and government reports.
(.pdf)
David Kravets, Wired[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: PR3J on Saturday, September 08 2012 @ 11:24 PM EDT |
Did anyone saw this one?
GooPhone Clone and its patent on the
"possible iPhone 5 design" on China?
Another "patent war" weird
move.
:(
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"[T]he IQ of a mob is the IQ of its most stupid member, divided by the number of
mobsters." - Terry Pratchet - Maskerade [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, September 09 2012 @ 12:15 AM EDT |
linky [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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