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Google’s Geofence Warrants Face a Major Legal Challenge

By Liz Brody | 06/11/2020 | Police requests for Google data that pinpoints anyone near the scene of a crime increased by more than 500% last year. Around 5 p.m. on May 20, 2019, a teller at the Call Federal Credit Union in Chesterfield, Virginia, got ready to help her next customer. He gave her […]

T-Mobile launches free 5G for first responders

May 22, 2020 | By Laura French | The company will provide free 5G access to all public and nonprofit state and local fire, police and EMS agencies for 10 years. BELLEVUE, Wash. — T-Mobile has announced that it will provide free 5G access to public and nonprofit first responder agencies for 10 years. T-Mobile […]

Florida Supreme Court won’t hear cellphone passcode case

By Sabrina Conza | Fresh Take Florida | 04/03/2020 | The case involved an Alachua County drug deal turned armed robbery in 2018. GAINESVILLE — The question of whether police in Florida can legally force criminal defendants to unlock their cellphones will remain unresolved for now, after the state Supreme Court agreed not to consider […]

5G nodes: what they are and how they work

While you may have heard how 5G works, part of understanding the basics of the new cellular technology is learning about 5G infrastructure. Find out how deploying 5G nodes on existing city structures such as telephone poles and street lights, will help change the future of cellular technology. Like other versions of cellular technology, 5G […]