The Wisconsin State Assembly has passed a bill that would prevent police from tracking the location of cell phones without first having a warrant. To obtain a warrant, the application would need to identify the phone, the person in possession of the phone, the subject of the investigation, a statement of the crime, and a […]
The U.S. District Judge William Pauley ruled the National Security Administration’s collection of millions of American’s phone records is constitutional on Friday, dismissing an ACLU lawsuit against the NSA. The judge stated the collection of phone records is a legal and valuable tool to fight terrorism that “only works because it collects everything.” He added […]
The state senate of Nevada has recently approved a cellphone tracking bill that is intended to provide quicker access to the phone’s location in the event of an emergency. The bill, SB268, is designed to give certain protections to cell carriers who provide the location information to authorities during specific circumstances. The bill is now […]
