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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Wireless Firms Are Flooded by Requests to Aid
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Wireless Firms Are Flooded by Requests to Aid Surveillance
http://j.mp/PwYO3x (New York Times)
"I never expected it to be this massive," said Representative Ed
Markey, the Massachusetts Democrat who requested the data from nine
carriers, including Sprint, AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, in response to
an article in April in The New York Times on law enforcement's
expanded use of cell tracking. Mr. Markey, who is co-chairman of the
Bipartisan Congressional Privacy Caucus, made the carriers' responses
available to The Times ... For instance, when a police agency asks for
a cell tower "dump" for data on subscribers who were near a tower
during a certain period of time, it may get back hundreds or even
thousands of names.
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