Thurs. March 18, 2021 | By Oded Yaron and Rafa Goichman – Israel News | Cellebrite will stop selling hacking tools to Russia and Belarus after its technology was used against minorities, pro-democracy activists and opposition forces. Cellebrite, the Israeli digital intelligence company, announced Thursday that it will no longer sell its technology to Russia […]
Sat. Mar. 6, 2021 | By Marcia Wendorf – interestingengineering.com | While cell phone tracking raises privacy concerns, it also provides vital information when investigating crimes. Mobile phone tracking is a controversial subject. After the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, authorities were able to use cell phone records to determine who […]
Fri. Feb. 26, 2021 | By J.D. Tuccille – Reason.com | Cell phones are convenient devices, handily connecting us with loved ones, paying bills, accessing information—and treacherously reporting on our every move. Worse, even after the Supreme Court weighed in, many government agencies still insist that they have the right to pull up that tracking […]
Thurs. Feb. 25, 2021 | By Art Raymond – Deseret News | SALT LAKE CITY — A new tool in wide use by law enforcement agencies across the country can draw a circle on any map and seek out, through chilling data search techniques, who was in or near that area at any specific time. […]
Wed. Feb. 24, 2021 | By Tim Cushing – TechDirt.com | Last October, Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren asked the IRS’s oversight to take a look at the agency’s use of third-party data brokers to obtain cell site location info harvested from phone apps. This new collection of location data appeared to bypass the Supreme Court’s Carpenter decision, […]
