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Apple, Facebook, and other companies ask Supreme Court to block warrantless cellphone tracking

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The Verge - https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/15/16150592/tech-companies-supreme-court-phone-location-tracking

ACLU brief - https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/no._16-402_ac_technology_companies_0.pdf

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In a legal brief filed last night, a group of several high-profile technology companies asked the Supreme Court to consider the privacy implications of warrantless law enforcement access to cellphone location data.

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The brief was signed by companies including Apple, Facebook, Google, Airbnb, and Dropbox, who jointly said that “they believe the Court should refine the application of certain Fourth Amendment doctrines to ensure that the law realistically engages with Internet-based technologies and with people’s expectations of privacy in their digital data.”

 - The Verge

 

Their point is that some interpretations of the law "are not sustainable" in today's world. They say that they should adopt “a more flexible approach that realistically reflects the privacy people expect in today’s digital environment.” This legal brief was released after a man was convicted of robbery after investigators got location information on him without a permit. ACLU is representing him.

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“they believe the Court should refine the application of certain Fourth Amendment doctrines to ensure that the law realistically engages with Internet-based technologies and with people’s expectations of privacy in their digital data.”

As much as I'd love for this to happen... something tells me this wont happen with the current state of America.

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One of the reasons the companies does that, is that in some peoples eyes, it makes the companies look better.
Its marketing.

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What about Google :)

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Not hypocritical in the slightest... :dry:

Don't ask to ask, just ask... please 🤨

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Just another example of technology advancing faster than society can handle.

Grammar and spelling is not indicative of intelligence/knowledge.  Not having the same opinion does not always mean lack of understanding.  

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Wait. Google of all companies doesn't want people tracked?

"We also blind small animals with cosmetics.
We do not sell cosmetics. We just blind animals."

 

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4 hours ago, Doobeedoo said:

What about Google :)

Google is in on it as well as Apple, Facebook,  Airbnb, and Dropbox

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