Re:New Calif Highway Surveillance Uses More Than Cameras
by mike_d on Sunday March 31, 2024 @02:17AM
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That requires a warrant (I'm very familiar with the process to request data from cell carriers). ALPR can be queried at any time because they are government owned cameras.
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Re:New Calif Highway Surveillance Uses More Than Cameras
by lotsofpulp on Sunday March 31, 2024 @05:36AM
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After Snowden and stuff like this, I assume if the government (at least federal) really wants it, they can procure it. Plus, the location data is probably saved so it’s just a matter of querying a specific phone number to see the whole history.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20696222/att-location-dat...
> The suit stems from recent investigations into how AT&T and other wireless carriers share the sensitive data. A New York Times article last year found that law enforcement has used the data to track phones without a court order. In another investigation, published earlier this year, Motherboard was able to pay a bounty hunter $300 to track the location of a phone using the data. Several lawmakers were quick to criticize the companies’ policies following the Motherboard report.
Re:New Calif Highway Surveillance Uses More Than Cameras
by brokenmachine on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @01:03AM
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>Several lawmakers were quick to criticize the companies’ policies following the Motherboard report.
You'd think, being lawmakers, they might be able to think of a more effective method to stop the behavior.
But no, apparently nothing can be done. Move along, nothing to see here.