Post by Roger (over and out) on Jun 14, 2014 9:03:24 GMT -5
... the cops are tracking you. *
Thought the NSA was bad? Local police and the Obama administration are hoovering cellphone location data from inside your house, and a crackdown could lead to surveillance reform
All across America, from Florida to Colorado and back again, the country's increasingly militarized local police forces are using a secretive technology to vacuum up cellphone data from entire neighborhoods – including from people inside their own homes – almost always without a warrant. This week, numerous investigations by major news agencies revealed the US government is now taking unbelievable measures to make sure you never find out about it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/14/cops-tracking-calls-stingray-surveillance?CMP=fb_gu
All across America, from Florida to Colorado and back again, the country's increasingly militarized local police forces are using a secretive technology to vacuum up cellphone data from entire neighborhoods – including from people inside their own homes – almost always without a warrant. This week, numerous investigations by major news agencies revealed the US government is now taking unbelievable measures to make sure you never find out about it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/14/cops-tracking-calls-stingray-surveillance?CMP=fb_gu
* The number of words allowed in the subject line is too few. I'm constantly having to abbreviate news headlines.
