tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559661241465229945.post8515214152463854131..comments2023-10-20T10:22:39.636-04:00Comments on Workingclass Conservative: Now GPS Erodes Cell Phone Privacy Even FurtherJMKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559661241465229945.post-73376533775229826262007-10-26T16:07:00.000-04:002007-10-26T16:07:00.000-04:00That's the thing Dan, there are different rules fo...That's the thing Dan, there are different rules for cell phones than landlines. To date prosecutors have been able to give the police permission to track cell phone calls.<BR/><BR/>That was done because (1) police argue that drug dealers and other criminals change cell phones frequently to avoid just such detection and (B) because, contrary to what some may believe, new technologies aren't automatically grandfathered in under existing privacy protections.<BR/><BR/>The limits of cell phone privacy are even now still winding their way through the courts.<BR/><BR/>A lot of people are unaware that cell phone privacy protections are pretty flimsy. Newt Gingrich found out the hard way that ANYONE can download a private cell phone conversation and sell it to any interested party.<BR/><BR/>That's been challenged and I believe that the courts have ruled that such third parties can indeed sell such communications, as the cell phone sattelites, antennas, etc are all "public use" utilities.JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559661241465229945.post-85489167093227173322007-10-26T10:30:00.000-04:002007-10-26T10:30:00.000-04:00It might be okay IF law enforcement needed a warra...It <I>might</I> be okay IF law enforcement needed a warrant before using any device to track a suspect.Dan O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17861748308004322104noreply@blogger.com