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Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by maxerickson on Saturday January 23, 2021 @11:21AM (#25883389)
What is the harm that is incurred when the tower records are transferred from the operator to the government?

Is it just too scary of a slope to stand on or something?

To me it seems to fit under 'reasonable' for the government to issue a warrant for presence information in the locality of the capitol. Given the 3rd party doctrine that probably isn't what happened, but the objection there would be more procedural than about control over data stored on servers.

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Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by sneak on Saturday January 23, 2021 @11:40AM (#25883629)
The US government has publicly admitted that they assassinate people based solely on metadata.

https://www.justsecurity.org/10318/video-clip-director-nsa-c...

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2014/05/10/we-kill-people-base...

The state collecting this information is a public hazard, especially considering the relatively recent development of the assassination of US citizens without trial.

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