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Re:Federal agencies use cellphone location data for immigrat... by redis_mlc on Saturday February 08, 2020 @01:06AM (#22274238)
Just for those unaware, the first cases of cellphone "tower dumping" for triangulation was for bank robbery cases. It was used to find unknown suspects who were near cases across time.

Fast-forward to today, where selling access to LEO is a 7-figure business for all of the telcos.

Never underestimate how lazy LEO are.

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Re:Federal agencies use cellphone location data for immigrat... by jerzyt on Saturday February 08, 2020 @05:00AM (#22274987)
I don't underestimate that, but I'm amazed how many crimes still go unsolved with criminals leaving their digital crumbs. I highly doubt that many criminals are smart enough to simply leave the phone behind when committing the crime.
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