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Are you implying it's illegal to do that? It seems like the whole point of the article is that this is entirely legal. It sounds like congressmen and senators

by mcrady 8y ago

Are you implying it's illegal to do that? It seems like the whole point of the article is that this is entirely legal. It sounds like congressmen and senators explicitly voted to prevent the FCC from making things like this illegal.

travmatt 8y ago
That doesn’t mean they won’t carve out exceptions for themselves though. Congress passed laws to allow them to trade on inside information, for example.
- mehrdadn 8y ago
  Those were repealed, right? https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/04/16/177496734/how-congress-quietly-overhauled-its-insider-trading-law https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/04/16/17749...
  - rgbrenner 8y ago
    here are a few updates after that (in order by date): https://theintercept.com/2015/05/07/congress-argues-cant-investigated-insider-trading/ https://theintercept.com/2015/05/07/congress-argues-cant-inv... https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/14/congress-stock-trading-conflict-of-interest-rules-238033 https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/14/congress-stock-tra... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-truth-about-congress-and-financial-conflicts/2017/10/19/8ea8afd6-b382-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.ce8b2ce870cd https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-truth-about-cong...
    - mehrdadn 8y ago
      Wow thank you! :)
the_seraphim 8y ago
I'm implying that the FBI won't give a fuck if its legal or illegal and the onus is on you to prove that you are not a terrorist, which considering you have been monitoring high level government officials on a real time location basis... Good luck.
- sametmax 8y ago
  I think as a geek your life changes once you learn being right means nothing outside of your field of expertise. And being a smartass means nothing outside of your social circle.
joe_g_young 8y ago
What other companies purchase phone geo tracking that provide it online. Would polling congressmen's public assessible location be ok if provided online?
coldtea 8y ago
>is that this is entirely legal For corporations and the government to be doing it. Not for activists to do it. Activists can be jailed for doing even actually obviously legal things...

by mcrady 8y ago

travmatt 8y ago

That doesn’t mean they won’t carve out exceptions for themselves though. Congress passed laws to allow them to trade on inside information, for example.

mehrdadn 8y ago
Those were repealed, right? https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/04/16/177496734/how-congress-quietly-overhauled-its-insider-trading-law https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/04/16/17749...
- rgbrenner 8y ago
  here are a few updates after that (in order by date): https://theintercept.com/2015/05/07/congress-argues-cant-investigated-insider-trading/ https://theintercept.com/2015/05/07/congress-argues-cant-inv... https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/14/congress-stock-trading-conflict-of-interest-rules-238033 https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/14/congress-stock-tra... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-truth-about-congress-and-financial-conflicts/2017/10/19/8ea8afd6-b382-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.ce8b2ce870cd https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-truth-about-cong...
  - mehrdadn 8y ago
    Wow thank you! :)

the_seraphim 8y ago

I'm implying that the FBI won't give a fuck if its legal or illegal and the onus is on you to prove that you are not a terrorist, which considering you have been monitoring high level government officials on a real time location basis... Good luck.

sametmax 8y ago
I think as a geek your life changes once you learn being right means nothing outside of your field of expertise. And being a smartass means nothing outside of your social circle.

joe_g_young 8y ago

What other companies purchase phone geo tracking that provide it online. Would polling congressmen's public assessible location be ok if provided online?

coldtea 8y ago

>is that this is entirely legal For corporations and the government to be doing it. Not for activists to do it. Activists can be jailed for doing even actually obviously legal things...