TJC44
10-22-2015, 06:41 AM
As if we didn't already know this.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10/22/policy-allows-secret-service-to-track-cellphones-without-warrant/?intcmp=hplnws
WASHINGTON – A new policy allows the Secret Service to use intrusive cellphone-tracking technology without a warrant if there's believed to be a nonspecific threat to the president or another protected person.
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Seth M. Stodder described to a House subcommittee Wednesday the department's policy on the use of cell-site simulators.
Civil libertarians and privacy advocates have long expressed concern about the suitcase-size devices, known as Stingrays, which mimic cell-towers to scoop up electronic data that can be used to locate nearby phones and identify their owners. The devices don't listen in to phone calls or capture text messages, Stodder said.
Theres more, but you get the idea.
BUT...They will ONLY use it in extreme circumstances...
Yeah, right.
TJC
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10/22/policy-allows-secret-service-to-track-cellphones-without-warrant/?intcmp=hplnws
WASHINGTON – A new policy allows the Secret Service to use intrusive cellphone-tracking technology without a warrant if there's believed to be a nonspecific threat to the president or another protected person.
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Seth M. Stodder described to a House subcommittee Wednesday the department's policy on the use of cell-site simulators.
Civil libertarians and privacy advocates have long expressed concern about the suitcase-size devices, known as Stingrays, which mimic cell-towers to scoop up electronic data that can be used to locate nearby phones and identify their owners. The devices don't listen in to phone calls or capture text messages, Stodder said.
Theres more, but you get the idea.
BUT...They will ONLY use it in extreme circumstances...
Yeah, right.
TJC