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Confirmed: IRS Using Stingray Cell-Site Simulators To Track You

October 27, 2015October 27, 2015 Asa J 1319 Views 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, ACLU, cell-site simulators, copblock, copblock.org, data interception technology, DEA, Dept. of Justice, Director Lois Lerner, expectation of privacy, FBI, fifth circuit court of appeals, fourth amendment, Freedom of Information Act, Freedom of Information Act requests, HailStorm, Harris Corporation, invoices, irs, IRS Using Stingray, libertarian, location data, location tracking, Nate Wessler, NSA, search warrants, Stingray, Supreme Court, tea party, The Guardian, Third Party Doctrine, U.S. Marshals, usa today, warrantless cellphone searches, warrantless cellphone tracking, warrantless search

A USA Today investigation published in late 2013 first revealed that police departments across the country were utilizing whats been

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The Fight Against Warrantless Cell-Phone Tracking

June 14, 2015June 14, 2015 Asa J 1985 Views ACLU, cellphone data, cellphone location information, copblock, copblock.org, DEA, Evidence control laws, expectation of privacy, fourth amendment, fusion centers, Gov. Bill Haslam, Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Gov. Terry McAuliffe, gps, House Bill 468, House Bill 4791, Information Sharing Environment, MetroPCS, New Hampshire, NSA, Off Now Coalition, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Property rights, Rep. Garry Smith, Rep. Neal Kurk, Reuters, south carolina, Stasi, Stingray, Supreme Court, Surveillance, surveillance state, Tennessee, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Party Doctrine, Tower dumps, usa today, Utah, verizon, Virginia, warrantless data collection

There are many ways American’s cellphone location information is obtained by law enforcement agencies. On the federal level, the NSA

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Pamela Held says NYPD employee Sean Christian kept nude pics from her phone after traffic stop

July 20, 2013July 20, 2013 Pete Eyre 1216 Views 104th precinct, bill hutchinson, cellphone privacy, cop block, copblock.org, dailymail.com, expectation of privacy, Featured, legaland, liberty web alliance, libertyweballiance.com, new york police department, no victim no crime, nude pictures, nydailynews.com, nypd, pamela held, Pete Eyre, Privacy, richard soleymanzadeh, road pirates, rocco parscandola, sean christian, suzannah hills

Pamela Held glanced up at her rearview mirror and saw red and blue flashing lights. “What did you do?” asked

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Trial Starts Today for Cop Block Founder Facing 21 Years in Prison for Wiretapping Charges

August 13, 2012May 9, 2013 Pete Eyre 625 Views Ademo Freeman, Carlos Miller, citizen journalism, expectation of privacy, Featured, Jury nullification, manchester police department, New Hampshire, police unaccountabilit, west high school, wiretapping

This morning Carlos Miller posted over at his site Pixiq.com: In the age of citizen journalism where any citizen can

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Cellphone Companies Will Share Your Location Data – Just Not With You

August 9, 2012May 9, 2013 Pete Eyre 568 Views at&t, cellphone companies, cop block, copblock.org, deutsche telekom, expectation of privacy, Featured, location data, megha rajagopalan, Police State, Privacy, propublica, sprint, t-mobile, verizon

This write-up from Megha Rajagopalan was originally posted at ProPublica.org: Cellphone companies hold onto your location information for years and

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Michael Allison

February 2, 2012May 9, 2013 Pete Eyre 1000 Views cop block, expectation of privacy, Featured, michael allison, public officials, strike the root, wiretapping

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UPDATE: Wiretapping Fundraiser – One Week Mark

January 30, 2012January 6, 2014 Ademo Freeman 628 Views ademo, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, courts, double-standards, expectation of privacy, freedom, hopkins, issues, jail, Justice System, liberty, life, manchester police, michael valentine, police abuse, Privacy, video, wiretapping

A little over a week after launching my “Defensive/Offensive” fundraiser I’m happy to announce that donations to date (1.29.12) total

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Photography Is Not Confusing!

January 26, 2012May 9, 2013 CopBlock 607 Views clay county sheriff, deputy krow, expectation of privacy, Filming police, fl, honoryouroath, krow, record public officials, rights, strike the root

I was on my way home from work when I noticed some police activity. So I stopped and got out

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