Senator Ron Wyden says law enforcement agencies need court-ordered warrants to get location-based information from mobile devices. Wyden: “Surreptitiously turning somebody’s cell phone into a modern-day tracking device is a pretty serious intrusion into their privacy” Department of Justice has been reluctant to support a push to rewrite the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) The DOJ says the law helps law enforcement agents track terrorists, computer hackers, drug traffickers and other criminals. In some cases, quick access to mobile tracking information can save lives, the DOJ says.”]
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