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more about #wiretapping more comments → fuchikoma: I'm glad I don't have a GPS phone... not that cels couldn't always be triangulated by the carrier already, but now it's trivial, and even the first GP... more » The5thElephant: Am I the only one who thinks the whole obsession over privacy on the internet is primarily a symptom of the pre-internet generation still being alive?... more » Xagest: Hey, if they want to browse through my Fleshbot history, they're free to do so. more » something_unique_and_descriptive: And you think it's just a coincidence that the government is essentially subsidizing Sprint's existence through contracts? more » Elvisisdead: OK - former Fed here. You can't just submit a request. You have to have a judge issue a wiretap order before you can get any of this information. It's... more » Die Fledermaus: Well I guess I am sort of glad I ditched Sprint for another evil cellular company, which probably does the same. I guess it is time to put the tin foi... more » Bertone77: Heres a question: if you have a phone without GPS functionality can you still be accurately tracked? I have a friend who is a cop, he said if you cal... more » FriarNurgle: I got nothing to hide... honest Anyone know of any good no contract pay as you go phones. more » Mikestan: I wonder how bad AT&T is with this stuff. My iPhone ain't looking so good to me right now. more » Segador: Don't most cellphones have an option to disallow this in the firmware? more » Monty: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" more » GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday: Blasphemy! Obama doesn't need electronics. He is omnipotent, like Q, but Obama has "kind eyes"! more » 1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons: Bunk. Plain and simple. How about an eye for an eye? We should get to listen to his day to day non work related phone conversations too. It would only... more » GMoney749: What a bunch of whiney little bitches. I'd hate to see how you'd react if you had real problems. Do you really think the government really gives a cra... more » Dan Bock: I can't understand why people are so against this. If the government wants to listen to my phone calls, I would have absolutely no problem with it. ... more » -
#privacy
Sprint to Humans: We Know Where You Are, and So Do the Police
In the last year alone, Sprint turned over users' GPS data to authorities 8 million times. While that number is misleadingly high—this could translate to under a thousand individual users—it's still terrifying. But wait, it gets even better! More » -
#privacy
Obama Supports Warrantless Wiretapping, Just Like Bush
So much for change: Wired reports that Obama's administration is lining with Bush on supporting the warrantless-eavesdropping program, urging the courts to drop a case against it. Paraphrasing Stewart: It's only f*ck*ng day one. More » -
#spying
House Denies Warrantless Wiretapping Immunity For Telcos
In a textbook display of checks and balances, the House of Representatives defied President Bush and the Senate yesterday by passing their version of a surveillance bill without legal immunity for telcos. The bill passed by only 16 votes, far from the 2/3 majority needed to override Bush's inevitable veto. It looks like this legislative battle could continue until the next president takes office in 2009. As we have seen, an Obama administration would deny immunity, McCain would grant immunity, and Clinton? Who knows. [dslreports] -
#att
NSA Gets the Best AT&T Coverage Around
Yes, this is real, and spectacular. The Billboard Liberation Front has launched an "improvement" campaign on AT&T billboards in the SF area "to promote and celebrate the innovative collaboration of these two global communications giants" with their massive warrantless domestic spying program (explained by a cute bear). We're waiting for some "Yes, the NSA can hear you now" Verizon billboards to match. Update: Video of them putting it up after the jump. More » -
