Is the Government Tracking Us Through Our Cellphones?Of course it is. If the National Security Agency hopes to create an accurate “database of every call ever made” within the nation’s borders, it needs to know the locations from which they were made, right? And if the Justice Department ever gets around to complying with the Freedom of Information Act request seeking records related to such tracking practices and the apparently gutted definition of “probable cause” that governs them, we’ll find out just how far along it is.
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Is the Government Tracking Us Through Our Cellphones? Of course it is. If the National Security Agency hopes to create an accurate “database of every call ever made” within the nation’s borders, it needs to know the locations from which they were made, right? And if the Justice Department ever gets around to complying with the Freedom of Information Act request seeking records related to such tracking practices and the apparently gutted definition of “probable cause” that governs them, we’ll find out just how far along it is. 
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As long as they are tracking your calls, I can sleep better at night.
Posted by David Owens at July 2nd, 2008 at 7:49 pm