By Thomas Brewster – Forbes | Fri. Dec. 11, 2020 | This year has seen a rush amongst government snoops for a new and sometimes contentious data set: location data grabbed by smartphone popular apps. Customs and Border, the FBI, the U.S. military and other federal agencies have been keen buyers, though it’s caused a […]
By Ethan Genter – Cape Cod Times | Mon. Nov. 30, 2020 | On Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, the Supreme Judicial Court (MA) declined to grant Wilson a new trial or reduce the jury’s guilty verdict on the charge of first-degree murder. The court found that trial judge Gary Nickerson did not err in his […]
By Byron Tau – The Wall Street Journal | Wed. Dec. 9, 2020 | Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google will ban the data broker X-Mode Social Inc. from collecting any location information drawn from mobile devices running their operating systems in the wake of revelations about the company’s national-security work. The two largest mobile-phone platforms told developers this week […]
By Alfred Ng – cnet.com | Tues. Dec. 8, 2020 | Over the last three years, Google has received a surge in geofence warrant requests — a type of request that allows police to gather information on devices in a certain region. The company has also been complying with keyword warrants, which gives police information on anyone who’s […]
What You Need to Know About Sprint Pings Law enforcement has long been able to ping cell phones to obtain specialized location information in exigent situations or with legal demand. The power of the ping has been a tremendous help in finding missing persons, helping in active kidnapping cases, and even finding very dangerous people, not […]
