Re: [privacy] AlterNet: Reach Out and Track Someone

[Dave Dittrich <dittrich () u washington edu>]

Fergie wrote:
> Via AlterNet.
>
> [snip]
>
>
> The case of Imette St. Guillen captivated the New York City media as
> only the murder of a young, attractive, middle-class, white female can.
> One piece of evidence leading to the arrest of Darryl Littlejohn, the
> bouncer at the club where St. Guillen was last seen, was what police
> called "cell phone records." In fact, it was not an actual call that
> placed Littlejohn at the crime scene. Instead, according to the New York
> Daily News, police traced Littlejohn's route the day of the murder by
> tracking the "pings" of his cell phone, which were "stored" in a tower
> and "later retrieved from T-Mobile by cops."
>
> [snip]
>
> Much more here:
> http://www.alternet.org/rights/36151/
>
> Combine this location tracking capability, with the wireless
> telco's inabaility to say "no" to the NSA, and the seemingly
> determined attitude of the Bush administration to disregard the
> FIAS court law, you have a great combination!

Hmm.  They get a 2703(d) order?  In a local murder case, probably,
but even then...

http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/2005/Cell-Site-Location-Smith14oct05.htm

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