[privacy] Tracking by Cell Phone: No Warrant Needed

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via ComputerWorld.

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A federal court in Massachusetts has ruled that the government doesn't need
probable cause to obtain a warrant allowing it to use a person's cell phone
to track his past movements.

According to the ruling by the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, law
enforcement officials only need to show the information is "relevant to an
ongoing investigation."

The decision stems from an appeal by the government of a magistrate judge's
ruling that required members of law enforcement to show probable cause
before they could be issued a warrant to gain access to an individual's
past movements from cell phone providers. Cell phone companies can track a
customer's movements by identifying the cell tower or towers through which
his calls were handled. The case is sealed because it is part on an ongoing
criminal investigation.

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More:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art
icleId=9039000

- - ferg

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