Feds push for tracking cell phones

[Branded]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10451518-38.html


In that case, the Obama administration has argued that warrantless tracking is permitted because Americans enjoy no "reasonable expectation of privacy" in their--or at least their cell phones'--whereabouts. U.S. Department of Justice lawyers say that "a customer's Fourth Amendment rights are not violated when the phone company reveals to the government its own records" that show where a mobile device placed and received calls.

Hollywood tells us it is "commonplace" so we should let them have at it, right?

[amber jaime]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10451518-38.html



Hollywood tells us it is "commonplace" so we should let them have at it, right?

I hadn't done my homework, however, I was under the impression they already did track that shit...my father always instilled in me everything I did was being tracked by the government :)

[Branded]

I hadn't done my homework, however, I was under the impression they already did track that shit...my father always instilled in me everything I did was being tracked by the government :)

This is for warrent-less searches. They are calling for an open book for the government to delve into to see every phone call you have made and it's whereabouts. If I'm not mistaken, text messages are surprisingly safe from being monitored but I do not know too much about the technology on this.

4th Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.