Tag: Cell Phone
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FBI Admits Warrantless Cellphone Tapping
FBI investigators for at least five years have routinely used a sophisticated cellphone tracking tool that can pinpoint callers’ locations and listen to their conversations — all without getting a warrant for it, a federal court was told this week. The use of the “Stingray,” as the tool is called, “is a very common practice”…
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Cell Carriers Asked for Your Data
In the first public accounting of its kind, cellphone carriers reported that they responded to a startling 1.3 million demands for subscriber information last year from law enforcement agencies seeking text messages, caller locations and other information in the course of investigations. The cellphone carriers’ reports, which come in response to a Congressional inquiry, document…
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No Warrant Needed to Search Cell Phone
… The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled it is now legal for police to search cell phones without a warrant. … The decision stems from an Indiana case where police arrested a man for dealing drugs. An officer searched the suspect’s cell phone without warrant. The judge in the appeal case, Judge Richard…