Cops and Feds Routinely 'Dump' Cell Towers to Track Everyone Nearby

Posted by tuxchick on Dec 15, 2013 11:30 PM EDT
Wired; By David Kravets
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The nation’s mobile phone carriers received more than 9,000 requests last year for cell-tower dumps, which identify every mobile phone at a particular location and time, often by the thousands. The revelation, revealed in a congressional inquiry, underscores that domestic authorities, from the FBI to the local police, are performing a massive amount of surveillance on Americans on domestic soil, sometimes without probable-cause warrants.

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