Warrants for Cellphone Trackers
This comes under the heading of "it's about time."
The Justice Department announced a policy Thursday that will require its law enforcement agencies to obtain a warrant to deploy cellphone-tracking devices in criminal investigations and inform judges when they plan to use them.
The new policy, announced by Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates, should increase transparency around the use of the controversial technology by the FBI and other Justice Department agencies. It imposes the highest legal standard for the device’s use and a uniform standard across the department.
The policy change is an acknowledgment by the Justice Department that the use of the devices - sometimes called StingRays, the name of one popular model - raises serious privacy concerns.
There are illustrations and a great deal more said at the source link below.
Source is Washington Post
The Justice Department announced a policy Thursday that will require its law enforcement agencies to obtain a warrant to deploy cellphone-tracking devices in criminal investigations and inform judges when they plan to use them.
The new policy, announced by Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates, should increase transparency around the use of the controversial technology by the FBI and other Justice Department agencies. It imposes the highest legal standard for the device’s use and a uniform standard across the department.
The policy change is an acknowledgment by the Justice Department that the use of the devices - sometimes called StingRays, the name of one popular model - raises serious privacy concerns.
There are illustrations and a great deal more said at the source link below.
Source is Washington Post