Cell Phone Telcos Gave Authorities Customers’ GPS Data
Dec 7th, 2009 | Permanent link
Slight break in the mayhem of finals studying to relay this bit of news that is not making the rounds in the echo chamber as it probably should.
EFF has a great write up here.
Ars also covered the story here.
How many customers? Not sure, but it looks like customers were "pinged" for their location data over 8 million times through a web site available to law enforcement.
This is according to a graduate student's blog covering his trip to the Intelligence Support Systems gathering, who has the MP3 recordings to back up his claim.
It helps to view this in light of the ongoing NSA warrantless wiretapping controversy.
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I guess you're allowed to have privacy as long as you don't have a cell phone, GPS enabled car, or home phone. Although, wanting freedom and privacy makes you a terrorist lover.