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Cell phone technology helps in Victoria Martens case

Cellular data shows where you have been, on what days, for exactly how long. Investigators in the Victoria Martens case say the information helped them discover Michelle Martens and Fabian Gonzales were not in the apartment when Victoria died. Read More from KOAT News Here  

Spectrum Mobile Rolled Out by Charter

Charter Communications officially joined the ranks of cable operators to enter the wireless market with the recent introduction of Spectrum Mobile. The company offered its current internet customers an unlimited Spectrum Mobile data plan for $45 per line or a “by the gig” plan for $14 per gigabit of data each month. The latter price is […]

FCC Fines AT&T $5.25M Over 911 Outages in 2017

AT&T will pay $5.25 million to settle a federal investigation into outages of 911 service in early 2017. The Federal Communications Commission added that the company, as a condition of the settlement, must take steps to ensure reliable 911 call completion, curb the likelihood and impact of outages, improve notifications of 911 call centers during […]

NSA deletion of more than 685 million call records raises questions

The National Security Agency is deleting more than 685 million call records the government obtained since 2015 from telecommunication companies in connection with investigations, raising questions about the viability of the program. The NSA’s bulk collection of call records was initially curtailed by Congress after former NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked documents revealing extensive government surveillance. The […]

Defending Privacy, Supreme Court Says Warrants Generally Are Necessary to Collect Cell Phone Data

WASHINGTON — In a major statement on privacy in the digital age, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the government generally needs a warrant to collect troves of location data about the customers of cellphone companies. “We decline to grant the state unrestricted access to a wireless carrier’s database of physical location information,” Chief Justice John […]