We won't be allowed to track
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 10:10 am
Security Tales: Surveillance Without a Warrant
Vladimir Bezmaly | 01/29/2021
- Good morning, Johann!
- Good morning, Karl.
- Johann, we have a problem. We need to track the movements of Mr. L. The problem is that he is a citizen of another state, moreover, a diplomat. No one will let us officially follow him.
— I understand. his smartphone's location data without a warrant, and no judge will issue a warrant. Do you want us to do this quietly and covertly?
- Yes, Johann! This is the Emperor's request. You understand...
— In that case, we can use commercially available pakistan mobile database records. Today, many smartphone apps record the location of their users, and app developers can aggregate the data and sell it to brokers. And we can buy it, naturally, not on behalf of the service, but on behalf of a private company.
— So it turns out that intelligence agencies are buying commercially available databases containing location data from smartphone apps and searching them for information about the past movements of citizens without a warrant?
— Exactly! And it circumvents the famous ruling from three years ago. Remember? The Supreme Court ruled that the constitution requires the government to get a warrant to force phone companies to hand over data about their customers. But the government can buy similar data from a broker instead — and doesn’t think it needs a warrant to do so.
- Yes, I remember such a decree.
— Only the purchase must, naturally, not be on behalf of the empire.
- Of course. Obviously, such actions can be repeated, which means we will have to organize or rather even buy an advertising company.
- Yes, and most likely more than one.
Vladimir Bezmaly | 01/29/2021
- Good morning, Johann!
- Good morning, Karl.
- Johann, we have a problem. We need to track the movements of Mr. L. The problem is that he is a citizen of another state, moreover, a diplomat. No one will let us officially follow him.
— I understand. his smartphone's location data without a warrant, and no judge will issue a warrant. Do you want us to do this quietly and covertly?
- Yes, Johann! This is the Emperor's request. You understand...
— In that case, we can use commercially available pakistan mobile database records. Today, many smartphone apps record the location of their users, and app developers can aggregate the data and sell it to brokers. And we can buy it, naturally, not on behalf of the service, but on behalf of a private company.
— So it turns out that intelligence agencies are buying commercially available databases containing location data from smartphone apps and searching them for information about the past movements of citizens without a warrant?
— Exactly! And it circumvents the famous ruling from three years ago. Remember? The Supreme Court ruled that the constitution requires the government to get a warrant to force phone companies to hand over data about their customers. But the government can buy similar data from a broker instead — and doesn’t think it needs a warrant to do so.
- Yes, I remember such a decree.
— Only the purchase must, naturally, not be on behalf of the empire.
- Of course. Obviously, such actions can be repeated, which means we will have to organize or rather even buy an advertising company.
- Yes, and most likely more than one.