- In 2011, U.S. law enforcement agencies made more than 1.3 million requests of wireless carriers for the cell phone records of consumers, most without judicial oversight. This includes geolocation information, content of text messages, wiretaps, and complete cell tower information dumps. http://markey.house.gov/press-release/markey-law-enforcement-collecting-information-millions-americans-mobile-phone-carriers 3 comments politics
Linking pages
- That’s No Phone. That’s My Tracker — ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/thats-no-phone.-thats-my-tracker/ 52 comments
- Mobile Phone Surveillance Out of Control: Cops Collected 1.3 Million Customer Records | CSO Online http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/mobile-phone-surveillance-out-control-cops-collected-13-million-customer-records 13 comments
- How Many Millions of Cellphones Are Police Watching? — ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/how-many-millions-of-cellphone-are-police-watching 10 comments