Yesterday, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) revealed that federal, state and local law enforcement agencies have made an astounding 1.3 million demands for user cell phone data in the last year, ‘seeking text messages, caller locations and other information.
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
Law Enforcement Agencies Demanded Cell Phone User Info Far More Than 1.3 Million Times Last Year
Author: TREVOR TIMM
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Publication Date: 9-Jul-12
Link: Law Enforcement Agencies Demanded Cell Phone User Info Far More Than 1.3 Million Times Last Year
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Publication Date: 9-Jul-12
Link: Law Enforcement Agencies Demanded Cell Phone User Info Far More Than 1.3 Million Times Last Year
Stephan: Here is further evidence of what I have been warning my readers about for the past decade: Assume everything you say or write, and every place you go, is being recorded somewhere. The Fourth Amendment was the price of the digital revolution:
'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.'