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The Telecom Digest for March 29, 2014
Volume 33 : Issue 48 : "text" Format
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Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:31:07 -0400
From: Pete Cresswell <PeteCress@invalid.telecom-digest.org>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Police Keep Quiet About Cell-Tracking Technology
Message-ID: <0fd8j9dcqgj1v0lhfi6qjgnnpu89m4j62g@4ax.com>
Per Monty Solomon:
> A Stingray device tricks all cellphones in an area into
> electronically identifying themselves and transmitting data to
> police rather than the nearest phone company's tower. Because
> documents about Stingrays are regularly censored, it's not
> immediately clear what information the devices could capture, such
> as the contents of phone conversations and text messages, what they
> routinely do capture based on how they're configured or how often
> they might be used.
>
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/police-quiet-cell-tracking-technology-23016515
>
Sounds like a potential fountain of entertainment if used in the D.C.
area - especially close to congressional offices.
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Pete Cresswell
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 05:36:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Object of Interest: Aereo's Tiny Antennas
Message-ID: <3636500b-d7a6-4e57-9948-ecabf72be933@googlegroups.com>
On Sunday, March 23, 2014 2:54:34 PM UTC-5, Monty Solomon wrote:
> A STARTUP, THE SUPREME COURT, AND THE FUTURE OF TV
> Posted by Michael Phillips
> The New Yorker
> January 15, 2014
>
> http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/01/aereo-supreme-court-future-of-television-internet.html
>
Which includes the statement:
> Out of some ten thousand petitions that the Court receives each
> year, it chooses seventy-five or so cases to review. Many of these
> cases earn the Court's attention because of contradictory rulings
> between lower courts. As Aereo's lawyers have emphasized, however,
> the broadcast industry has pursued its claims against the company
> in five cases and in three states, and every court that has reached
> a decision so far has sided with Aereo...
But as we now know, the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled
against Aereo in March:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.dcom.telecom/qnbcXszs-aU/U7UZUbwVk_EJ
Which puts it in direct conflict with the Second Circuit:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.dcom.telecom/X5OYRURvoso/aBjvTq-Q4-YJ
Neal McLain
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