What local cops learn, and carriers earn, from cellphone records

[Jacie Estes]

The war on drugs has gone digital; but is it also a war on cellphone users?

That’s just one of the questions raised by an msnbc.com investigation into use of cellphone tracking data by local police departments across the nation. Msnbc.com built a database of thousands of invoices issued by cell phone network providers to cities after cops asked for caller location and other personal information between 2009-2011. The invoices were first obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union and released to the public earlier this month.



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[Peazzzer]

Crappy deal...

 

[mysteriew]

LOL they will go to sleep 'following' me.

On here I have seen families torn apart by drug usage. Children tortured and murdered by people under the influence. Strangers attacked and violence untold. If this is a weapon in the drug war, if it is fruitful, then more power to them.