March 14th, 2008

Government Tracking: One for the Constitution

Pittsburgh-Tribune Review

Big Brother may be tracking you.

Most people don't realize it, but driving around with your cell phone on leaves a precise electronic trail of where you've been and when you've been there stored in your phone company's data banks.

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No one knows exactly how many times the Justice Department has received phone tracking records without a warrant, says the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy advocacy group that fights these dangerous government fishing trips.

Related Issues: Privacy

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