EFF: Warrant should be required to obtain cell location data
The EFF—one of the last outposts of liberty and freedom today—has filed an amicus brief in support of requiring a warrant to obtain information that relates to a cell phone subscriber’s location. From the Ars Technica Article:
The government shouldn’t be able to obtain a person’s cell location data without an appropriate warrant, argue the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Democracy and Technology, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Pennsylvania. The groups have submitted an amicus brief to a federal court in Pennsylvania in response to an application by the government to obtain stored cell site location information (CSLI) from a cell provider, arguing that such records are protected by the Fourth Amendment.
Did you know that, using cell site triangulation, the authorities can pinpoint your exact location without your knowledge? Is that something that they should be allowed to do without a warrant? I think that freedom of movement is one of the essential rights that we have as humans, and it disgusts me to no end to think that some NSA thug can follow me around without revealing his reasons for doing so before a judge.
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