Tracked by cellphone

Tracked by cellphone
Mark Rasch, 2005-12-22

We know that technology can be used to track people's location via a cellphone, but how difficult is it for law enforcement to get a court order and do this legally?

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Tracked by cellphone 2005-12-22
Matthew Murphy

My view of "in transmission" is simply that the communication is "in process". If records of my communications are available beyond the time they've served their intended purpose, they are stored.

For instance, if the content of my SMS message is logged by my cell phone company after its deliver...

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Tracked by cellphone 2005-12-23
freedom bird

Your entire discussion here is now moot. Apparently, President Bush now has "snooping" power over all facets of American life, irregardless of any Federal or State court decision....

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Tracked by cellphone 2005-12-27
Doc Farmer (1 replies)

I think the better question is, when is it appropriate/necessary to forego the court order? Also, I believe the author is suffering under the false impression that a court order is absolutely required in each and every instance. The President has the legal authority to allow such surveillance when...

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Re: Tracked by cellphone 2006-01-01
Mark D. Rasch

You are, of course, correct. The Fourth Amendment is terribly inconvenient, and should be repealed. Indeed, many more people are killed each year from drug dealing or ordinary crime than by terrorism, so we should suspend the Fourth Amendment for all crimes..oh, and the Fifth Amendment too.. we wo...

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Tracked by cellphone 2005-12-28
Jitin (1 replies)

I certainly appreciate the advancement in technology to locate a person using his/her mobile phone. But this surely will be in conflict with ones privacy rights. To avoid such a hassle, i would suggest court should only issue such an order when it is very much necessary to track a criminal or a fugi...

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Re: Tracked by cellphone 2006-01-03
Anonymous (3 replies)

What is the big fuss? Let the gov't track me. I don't care. I am not doing anything illegal. Everyone should figure they are being tracked anyway. If everyone lived by that rule there would be a lot less crime and the world would be a better place to live. Why is everyone so suspicious of the gov't ...

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Re: Re: Tracked by cellphone 2006-01-07
Anonymous

Are you sure you don't do anything illegal ? What's your opinion about goverment action (or lack of) in New Orleans ? Did you tell that opinion to someone ? Did you vote for Bush last time ? Will you vote for him next time ?...

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Re: Re: Tracked by cellphone 2006-01-08
Anonymous

"What is the big fuss? Let the gov't track me. I don't care. I am not doing anything illegal."

This isn't a question of wether you ARE or AREN'T guilty of something. It's a matter of ethics and unalienable rights to live without having to constantally wonder wether you made a mistake Big Brother ...

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Re: Re: Tracked by cellphone 2006-01-09
Publicus

Does anyone else find it ironic that someone who posts as anonymous sings the praises of allowing the government to track him/her?

Publicus...

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Tracked by cellphone 2005-12-30
Lou (1 replies)

This is an interesting issue. The techniques used for tracking a person that may be invovled in criminal activity is the same technology that is being made available to help locate those in distress.

Someone in a ravine that can't get out of a vehicle might just be able to get the phone to open...

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Re: Tracked by cellphone 2007-04-23
Anonymous

when you dial 911 on a modern cell phone it activates the gps unit, and i assume it sends your coordinates along with the call.
i think the issue is when the gps is activated without an emergency call being made, or without user being aware....

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Tracked by cellphone 2006-01-04
Federal Dragon

As far as the article is concerned, I do believe there has be a system of checks on such content. However, it does not need to be so hard for LEO's to get that they cannot be effective or have the information leaked out warning potential subjects.

While I love my privacy as much as the next pers...

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Tracked by cellphone 2006-01-07
Bob Radvanovsky (1 replies)

The fact that cellular technology can accurately pinpoint within a few feet of your exact location (LESS THAN 10 feet -- to me -- is scary), and the fact that NSA satellites can zoom (er...hone) in any given signal (again) within a few feet (e.g.; having your nosehairs clearly photographed by a sate...

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Re: Tracked by cellphone 2006-01-10
Roger

> The fact that cellular technology can accurately pinpoint within a few feet of your exact location (LESS THAN 10 feet

Umm, it can't. Accuracy anything like that is only possible if you have one of the phones with a GPS built in (even then, the errors are more usually a few hundred feet, 10 fee...

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Tracked by cellphone 2006-01-08
Anonymous

The thing that is so interesting about this subject on cellphone tracking and electronic surveillance as a whole is not that it exists but rather the laws and acts which govern its use. The two main things that govern the use of electronic surveillance are the 1984 Electronic Communications Privacy ...

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Tracked by cellphone 2006-01-10
nkr

This techniques are being used in europe for quite a long time, but their legal status was introduced recently 2001-2004.
In my country just looking at the cell you can see even the neighberhood through the triangulation process.

But I think this is a highly invades your privacy, just conside...

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When do communications become stored? 2006-01-27
Jherad

I'm sure this has been discussed before (but am unsure as to any outcome), but who decides where the *incredibly* fine-line between streaming and stored/static data is?

Working in IT, we (the company I work at) have a policy not to snoop on users' desktops without their consent, though we can rev...

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Tracked by cellphone 2006-06-07
jeff

I have a 15 yr old sister that supposidly ran away with some people. The guy is over 18. We didnt know where she was for 3 days. Still dont know where she is. They wont let her tell us. She is scared to death. I feel like she was forced to leave with them. They let her call my daughter so we have th...

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