Secret Service dodges location-data warrants there’s an app for that – TechBeacon

Law enforcement continues to buy private data from brokers. And investigative journalists continue to uncover these shocking truths.

Location data seems to be law enforcersfavorite retail therapy target. And the latest agency to be found using it is the US Secret Service. Fourth Amendment be damned.

And, in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. In this weeks Security Blogwatch, we cross over, between Belishas.

Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment. Not to mention:ykcul teg.

Here come oldJoseph Cox. He come groovin up slowlySecret Service Bought Phone Location Data from Apps, Contract Confirms:

Something in the wayChristine Fisher knowsNormally, law enforcement would need a warrant or court order:

Bang bang,Rhett Jones silver hammer came downSecret Service Paid to Get Americans' Location Data Without a Warrant:

Well, you know I nearly broke down and cried.Heres what Immerman wants to know:

But I feel that ice is slowly meltingcoryseaman is unclear why people keep banging on about warrants:

Users have consented to the sharing of the underlying datawhether knowingly or not, and it doesn't include the identities of the device owners. [Police] would need to obtain a warrant to discover its owner, obtain call records, or get its identifiable device ID and attempt to trace its location in real time.

This is a fair bit different than offering the fourth amendment up for sale.

And neitheris TimothyHollins, because the sky is blue:

If you have a problem with this development in law enforcement I suggest you go to the root, the gathering and collation of information on private citizens in general.

Youre gonna carry that weight.So run, DMCVegas:

What happens when youhave a suspect [who] learns how to game the system to skew the datathat applications like this run off of? What happens when common sense is rejected entirely, and instead we rely upon data streams and algorithms? What happens when [individuals] send false location information, and LEOs fail to stop criminals?

Surely everyone knowsthat apps can record your location? DogDude barks in the middle of negotiations:

I really doubt that anybody doesn't know they're spying devices by now. That seems really far-fetched.

iOS 14 is going to blur the location accuracygiven to apps. But Omnom Bacon tanta mucho que canite carousel:

Meanwhile,NoNonAlphaCharsHere sleeps in a hole in the road: [Youre firedEd.]

If your apps gather location data, think carefully about what you do with it, in case a PR firestorm blows up in your face. (And if youre buying it, quit the police department and get yourself a steady job.)

Ykcul teg

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