A federal appeals court has ruled that authorities don't need a search warrant to access your phone's location records.
According to AP's Juan Lozano, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that phone location data are business records and not the property of mobile subscribers.
This means that authorities don't need probable cause if they want to get a person's location data — they just need a court order requesting the business records from that person's cell phone provider.
While a court order still requires authorities to demonstrate that the records are connected to a specific investigation based on "reasonable grounds," the requirements are far less stringent that those for a search warrant.
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Don't want to be tracked? Take the battery out of the phone!
ReplyDeleteI have read it is the only way - they can be turned on remotely.
No they can't. Food Lion has a sale on tin foil, so you can make your hats.
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