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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 […]
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 […]
AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint on Tuesday joined Verizon in pledging to end the sales of device location data to third-party brokers. Verizon indicated it would end its relationships with brokers LocationSmart and Zumigo in response to an inquiry from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. Verizon said in a letter to the senator that the practice resulted in some 75 companies […]
Federal officials say they conducted a successful test earlier this year of a jamming technology some hope will help combat the threat posed by inmates with smuggled cellphones. A report obtained Friday by The Associated Press details the January 17 test of micro-jamming technology at a federal prison in Cumberland, Maryland. Officials say they were […]
Apple is trying to drag the U.S.’s antiquated system for handling 911 calls into the 21st century. If it lives up to Apple’s promise, the iPhone’s next operating system will automatically deliver quicker and more reliable information pinpointing the location of 911 calls to about 6,300 emergency response centers in the U.S. Apple is trying […]
