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legitsteryesterday at 11:16 PM3 repliesview on HN

Cell-site location information (CSLI) is not available to apps or adware and is protected by the Fourth Amendment.


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janalsncmtoday at 2:55 AM

You may want to look into the Third Party Doctrine.

If the government wants to tap your phone they need a warrant. If they want to buy it from a willing seller like Verizon they don’t.

kube-systemtoday at 12:04 AM

It was freely sold up until a handful of years ago

golem14today at 12:25 AM

Yes, but it is available to the gubernment ? Especially this gubernment?