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Assuming you have a mobile device on you, that was already the case, just from location data from ATT/Verizon/Tmobile towers.

mike_d 3y ago
That requires a warrant (I'm very familiar with the process to request data from cell carriers). ALPR can be queried at any time because they are government owned cameras.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  After Snowden and stuff like this, I assume if the government (at least federal) really wants it, they can procure it. Plus, the location data is probably saved so it’s just a matter of querying a specific phone number to see the whole history. https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20696222/att-location-data-tracking-lawsuit-electronic-frontier-foundation https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20696222/att-location-dat... > The suit stems from recent investigations into how AT&T and other wireless carriers share the sensitive data. A New York Times article last year found that law enforcement has used the data to track phones without a court order. In another investigation, published earlier this year, Motherboard was able to pay a bounty hunter $300 to track the location of a phone using the data. Several lawmakers were quick to criticize the companies’ policies following the Motherboard report.
  - brokenmachine 3y ago
    >Several lawmakers were quick to criticize the companies’ policies following the Motherboard report. You'd think, being lawmakers, they might be able to think of a more effective method to stop the behavior. But no, apparently nothing can be done. Move along, nothing to see here.
ungreased0675 3y ago
Privacy is a spectrum. The “they already have all my information” seems like avoidance of a complex topic. Just because some people hand over all of their information to social media apps doesn’t mean we should tolerate even more intrusions into our privacy.

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Assuming you have a mobile device on you, that was already the case, just from location data from ATT/Verizon/Tmobile towers.

by lotsofpulp 3y ago

mike_d 3y ago
That requires a warrant (I'm very familiar with the process to request data from cell carriers). ALPR can be queried at any time because they are government owned cameras.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  After Snowden and stuff like this, I assume if the government (at least federal) really wants it, they can procure it. Plus, the location data is probably saved so it’s just a matter of querying a specific phone number to see the whole history. https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20696222/att-location-data-tracking-lawsuit-electronic-frontier-foundation https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20696222/att-location-dat... > The suit stems from recent investigations into how AT&T and other wireless carriers share the sensitive data. A New York Times article last year found that law enforcement has used the data to track phones without a court order. In another investigation, published earlier this year, Motherboard was able to pay a bounty hunter $300 to track the location of a phone using the data. Several lawmakers were quick to criticize the companies’ policies following the Motherboard report.
  - brokenmachine 3y ago
    >Several lawmakers were quick to criticize the companies’ policies following the Motherboard report. You'd think, being lawmakers, they might be able to think of a more effective method to stop the behavior. But no, apparently nothing can be done. Move along, nothing to see here.
ungreased0675 3y ago
Privacy is a spectrum. The “they already have all my information” seems like avoidance of a complex topic. Just because some people hand over all of their information to social media apps doesn’t mean we should tolerate even more intrusions into our privacy.