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Re: FBI seeks warrantless cellphone position information
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Arachelian)
Mon Jul 20 11:10:18 1998
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 10:41:05 -0400
From: Ray Arachelian <sunder@brainlink.com>
To: perry@piermont.com, cryptography@c2.net
Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> FOR FBI, MOBILE PHONE ISSUE IS WHERE IT'S AT
> Federal Bureau of Investigations director Louis J. Freeh wants the Senate
> Appropriations Committee to write legislation requiring phone companies to
> provide law enforcement officers the precise location of cellular phone
> users suspected of committing a crime. The officers would not even need a
> court order in the case of an "emergency" (such as suspicion of a felony,
<snip>
Um, gee, I seem to recall that this technology was supposedly to be used only
for 911 calls so that way incase the caller is semi conscious or can't tell
where they are, they could be pinpointed and an ambulance and/or fire trucks be
sent... And seem to recall that when it was introduced, we all complained
about the possibility of this particular use. And surprise, surprise, here it
is being unveiled for the true evil that it is... Gee, who would have thought!
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