IMO, the line that must be crossed by this or any following steps the government takes, is that there needs to be evidence that it's systematically being used to arrest and detain innocent people.
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U.S. Justice Department Accused of Using Fake Cell Towers on Planes to Gather Data From Phones
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IMO, the line that must be crossed by this or any following steps the government takes, is that there needs to be evidence that it's systematically being used to arrest and detain innocent people.
'our enemies' ? who's that?
also, pretty sure the u.s. marshals typically aren't going after foreigners.
meh
Really "kicked down"... Great exaggeration.
Your phone needs to send identifying info to the carrier so you can get on / get billed. Unless they cross reference the info with your actual account with that carrier, they only get a bunch of numbers. They would know were those numbers go, but unless putting your name to it, it wouldn't be much use. The government gets more info from your mac address than this (unless you spoof it).
I'm guessing they already have the account info for those individuals they track from warrants but they wouldn't have info of everyone at large.
I find wholesale surveillance and data collection of the activities of the population without specific probable cause incredibly disturbing.
This latest example demonstrates that the US is deeply committed and has devoted significant resources to this policy. There is assuredly much, much more in the shadows than we'll ever know, and this situation won't just go away but in fact will intensify.
And bravo to the WSJ for breaking the story. Let hope investigative journalism will see a resurgence.
This latest example demonstrates that the US is deeply committed and has devoted significant resources to this policy. There is assuredly much, much more in the shadows than we'll ever know, and this situation won't just go away but in fact will intensify.
And bravo to the WSJ for breaking the story. Let hope investigative journalism will see a resurgence.
Since when did the law, or constitution, stop our government...
It's autonomous and independent. Above all laws and rights.
I want to be free. If a roadside bomb gets me, on a US street, at least I died free. The DOJ wants us to think they are looking for whom exactly? Jaywalkers, chemists, Taliban, someone who wasn't kind and didn't rewind? Give me a break. Preemptive policing strips everyone's rights. If there is someone bad enough to warrant such actions, I'm sure they know exactly where, and what, they are doing.
Why can't we just agree to let them operate drones in the USA? I have no problem with them firing a hellfire missile up a terrorists ass, just stop snooping my ****. Go after someone that deserves it. Stop fishing.
And we don't either, if you look at the state of immigration in this country or this upcoming illegal amnesty act our King is threatening to enact.
If our enemies don't have borders and we don't either, what does that make us?
How is this limiting your freedom? Please explain.
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A planet. 1 species.
They should fly those planes over the banks, see how many criminal's phones they pick up then.
...oh wait a second.
...oh wait a second.
Because I'm so worried about my government tracking me... Oh no, got to put our tinfoil hats back on!
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Yeah because big brother's got nothing better to do than harass law-abiding, contributing to society, tax paying citizens. Don't think you need to worry.
Like someone already posted before, from our first US Postmaster General:
Ben Franklin said:
Would you give up your freedoms for more protection? From this, it sounds like you would. This is why we have our Constitution; to protect ourselves from the government.
BL.
Perhaps someone can explain this to me. It sounds like they are just able to gather phone hardware info like the UDID and perhaps active number. There isn't anything special in the box that can read the data on the phone. And if this is true why is the article singling iPhones with comments about iOS and encryption.
Yeah having your phones location is not so awesome, if they can pin point it is your phone. But isn't that why most criminals use burner numbers. If the cops don't know your number it's harder to track your phone
Yeah having your phones location is not so awesome, if they can pin point it is your phone. But isn't that why most criminals use burner numbers. If the cops don't know your number it's harder to track your phone
A planet. 1 species.
maybe if bob marley had his way..
what we have instead is an empire. the first time there's been only one empire on earth.
Are you ********** kidding me?!
We've got all the pieces in place for a police state, including complacency. Just need someone with a white cat and a mommy complex to flip the switch.
We've got all the pieces in place for a police state, including complacency. Just need someone with a white cat and a mommy complex to flip the switch.
Whenever there are news like this there are a lot of people claiming it's no problem because they are "doing nothing wrong". Who defines what is "wrong"? Who defines what is "something to hide"? These people? You who reads this post? Me? Nope, it's the current and future governments. And if someone truly believes governments or officials never make mistakes or do something that is against the interest of the people then this person has zero historical knowledge and is simply incredibly naive. Go read a book about what various governments did in the 20th century alone, and then think again if you want anybody with this kind of total surveillance technology.
Because you can't get an FCC transmitter license for those frequencies. Not even to jam noisy neighbors in a movie theatre.
But you can direction find them using a receiver. You can even find cheap USB DVB/SDR receivers on Amazon. and do it using your own MacBook.
Privacy, the way you think of it, is really an English cultural phenomenon, hundreds of years old. People not of that background, except maybe Japanese, don't really get it, or give a damn. Given demographic trends in the US, privacy is done, gone and won't return. Get used to it there's nothing you can do. Within reason that is.
No reason to come into your home according to my buddy at RAND. Why bother with face to face.
Even this message goes gets stored in a database somewhere.
Get over it. You'd have to disconnect from the net, your phone and drive a car made before 2005 to avoid data collecting.
People not of that background mostly lived under brutal dictatorships for the past hundreds of years. I bet they do "give a damn". Or you think they liked it that way? Or would you like it that way? What's stopping you from moving to North Korea?