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Well there is much of my sex life derailed.
I disagree. I can't think of why anyone would buy these unless they were up to no good. Just my 2 cents.
I disagree. I can't think of why anyone would buy these unless they were up to no good. Just my 2 cents.
Cell phone service contracts already require name, address and social security number.
Land line phones are obviously tied to the address of the person they belong to.
Since the authorities have found these disposable cell phones are a weak link in identifying the terrorists who use them to plot our destruction, I don't see any problem with requiring ID to purchase these phones which are otherwise untraceable.
Cell phone service contracts already require name, address and social security number.
Land line phones are obviously tied to the address of the person they belong to.
Since the authorities have found these disposable cell phones are a weak link in identifying the terrorists who use them to plot our destruction, I don't see any problem with requiring ID to purchase these phones which are otherwise untraceable.
So if the weal link to cracking terror plots was that the government didn't know who had explosives in their basement, it would be OK with you that the government search every house in the country?
Cell phone service contracts already require name, address and social security number.
Land line phones are obviously tied to the address of the person they belong to.
Since the authorities have found these disposable cell phones are a weak link in identifying the terrorists who use them to plot our destruction, I don't see any problem with requiring ID to purchase these phones which are otherwise untraceable.
So if the weal link to cracking terror plots was that the government didn't know who had explosives in their basement, it would be OK with you that the government search every house in the country?
It's not that the government needs to know, just that the sale would be traceable if necessary...Available from service providers upon warrant.
So if the weal link to cracking terror plots was that the government didn't know who had explosives in their basement, it would be OK with you that the government search every house in the country?
It's not that the government needs to know, just that the sale would be traceable if necessary...Available from service providers upon warrant.
If the government wants the records kept, the government will keep the records.
Are you really that naive?
I said Democrat-Administration, not White House. There is clearly a partnership between the Democrats in Congress and the White House on many issues. It's highly unlikely that Schumer went rogue with this proposal.
Such dishonesty.
Speaking of hacks - Modmoron sees one each time he looks in the mirror (and likely scares himself).
We have an Democrat-Administration in the White House that wants to give the FCC control over the internet, has Google as a close crony, and now wants to destroy the privacy of cell phone calls.
Where is the Lefty outrage?
Spin time!
A bipartisan pair of Senate leaders have introduced a first-of-its-kind bill aimed at stopping terrorist suspects such as the would-be Times Square bomber from hiding their identities by using prepaid cellphones to plot their attacks.
The legislation sponsored by Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) would require buyers to present identification when purchasing a prepaid cellphone and require phone companies to keep the information on file, as they do with users of landline phones and subscription-based cellphones. The proposal would require the carriers to retain the data for 18 months after the phone's deactivation.
"This proposal is overdue because for years, terrorists, drug kingpins and gang members have stayed one step ahead of the law by using prepaid phones that are hard to trace," Schumer said.
washingtonpost.com
Good idea?
hell no,, provide ID to buy a cell phone?? but we cannot ask our police to ask for ID from brown people?? you gotta be kidding me.
Good Idea only if the Senators have to abide by it too!
Will it pass? If the Senators think about it, probably not, how could the make those clandestine rendezvous anonymously? I meam all the backroom deals and calls to the Professional Girls and Guys could be tracked
hell no,, provide ID to buy a cell phone?? but we cannot ask our police to ask for ID from brown people?? you gotta be kidding me.
Or further, you must show your ID to buy a phone - but not TO VOTE?!?!?!?!
Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and John Cornyn (R-TX) joined forces and announced a new bill that would require an ID at the point of sale. Phone companies would need to keep this information on file in order to help police thwart "terrorists, drug lords and gang members," along with the occasional hedge fund manager.
Senators call for end to anonymous, prepaid cell phones
They really do use any excuse to chip away at our civil rights, don't they.
hell no,, provide ID to buy a cell phone?? but we cannot ask our police to ask for ID from brown people?? you gotta be kidding me.
Or further, you must show your ID to buy a phone - but not TO VOTE?!?!?!?!
Isn't that just the most moronic thing? When we vote I just go up and say who I am, they look me up in 'the book' and I sign my name and that's it. They have no fucking clue if I am who I say I am or not.
Speaking of hacks - Modmoron sees one each time he looks in the mirror (and likely scares himself).
We have an Democrat-Administration in the White House that wants to give the FCC control over the internet, has Google as a close crony, and now wants to destroy the privacy of cell phone calls.
Lovely.
Wait a minute. Do these two suddenly speak for the White House?
Perhaps you can show me in the article where Obama or anyone a part of the WH said they were waiting for this?
Feds push for tracking cell phones
February 11, 2010
Even though police are tapping into the locations of mobile phones thousands of times a year, the legal ground rules remain unclear, and federal privacy laws written a generation ago are ambiguous at best. On Friday, the first federal appeals court to consider the topic will hear oral arguments (PDF) in a case that could establish new standards for locating wireless devices.
In that case, the Obama administration has argued that warrantless tracking is permitted because Americans enjoy no "reasonable expectation of privacy" in their--or at least their cell phones'--whereabouts. U.S. Department of Justice lawyers say that "a customer's Fourth Amendment rights are not violated when the phone company reveals to the government its own records" that show where a mobile device placed and received calls.
Those claims have alarmed the ACLU and other civil liberties groups, which have opposed the Justice Department's request and plan to tell the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia that Americans' privacy deserves more protection and judicial oversight than what the administration has proposed.
Feds push for tracking cell phones | Politics and Law - CNET News
Cops Need Warrant for Cellphone Location Data, Judge Rules
September 11, 2008
The government appealed, arguing the records only reveal a phones location when it is actually used and that theres no constitutional right to have these stored records protected.
"Wireless carriers regularly generate and retain the records at issue, and because these records provide only a very general indication of a users whereabouts at certain time in the past, the requested cell-site records do not implicate a Fourth Amendment privacy interest," the government wrote (.pdf).
Cops Need Warrant for Cellphone Location Data, Judge Rules | Threat Level | Wired.com