Sunday, May 11, 2014

USA - Phone Tracker Tests Fourth Amendment

OFF THE WIRE
‘Stingray’ Phone Tracker Spurs Fourth Amendment Debate: The Wall Street Journal has an exclusive on the tricky legal ramifications behind law enforcement’s use of a cellphone-tracking device called a “stingray.”  They are designed to locate a mobile phone even when not being used to make a call.  Stingray’s are so critical that the FBI has a policy of deleting data gathered.  Hmmm….
The trial of a hacker nabbed by a stingray is shaping up to be a constitutional debate on whether the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits illegal searches and seizures, is keeping pace with the times.  [WSJDigits / WSJ]