Smartphones Are Used To Stalk, Control Domestic Abuse Victims

Re:Smartphones Are Used To Stalk, Control Domestic Abuse Vic... by kolinko on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @06:52AM (#8323853)

What would you do if your children were kidnapped?

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Re:Smartphones Are Used To Stalk, Control Domestic Abuse Vic... by mikeash on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @10:26AM (#8324607)

I'd call the police. Is that strange?

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Re:Smartphones Are Used To Stalk, Control Domestic Abuse Vic... by seanflyon on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @01:40PM (#8325780)

And if the police were unable to locate them?

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Re:Smartphones Are Used To Stalk, Control Domestic Abuse Vic... by LaGrange on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @03:00PM (#8326345)

Then I'm pretty damn sure AT&T won't have the data either.

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Re:Smartphones Are Used To Stalk, Control Domestic Abuse Vic... by seanflyon on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @08:20PM (#8327830)

That is a substantial assumption.

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Re:Smartphones Are Used To Stalk, Control Domestic Abuse Vic... by mikeash on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @03:29AM (#8328918)

Isn't it pretty straightforward for the police to get a warrant to get information from the phone company in a case like this?

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Re:Smartphones Are Used To Stalk, Control Domestic Abuse Vic... by seanflyon on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @02:16PM (#8331469)

Police do on occasion fail to do things that seem pretty straightforward.

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Re:Smartphones Are Used To Stalk, Control Domestic Abuse Vic... by LaGrange on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @07:07AM (#8323886)

It definitely sounds like the father wanted to kidnap them, so sue AT&T, I guess?

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