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Message-ID: <20160612213002.GA16651@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 17:30:02 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
Subject: Federal Court allows Police Warrantless Access to Cell
Phone Location Data
by Nicholas Lavino
(CN) - Police do not need a warrant to acquire cellphone-location data
from wireless companies, the en banc Fourth Circuit ruled Monday,
dealing a blow to privacy rights.
The full court heard the case after its three-judge panel split the
other way on the issue last year in United States v. Graham. In that
2015 majority opinion, the panel said consumers have a reasonable
expectation of the privacy of their cellphone location data,
especially for data covering a long period of time.
Tuesday's 12-3 ruling now says retrieving cellphone location data does
not violate the right to privacy.
Police used 221 days of geographic data to secure convictions against
Aaron Graham and Eric Jordan, who were put on trial in 2011 for a
string of armed robberies committed in Baltimore and Baltimore County.
http://www.allgov.com
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Bill Horne
***** Moderator's Note *****
I think it's time for a constitutional convention.
Bill Horne
Moderator
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Message-ID: <78f6b3c7-0f01-433f-a879-f82057e3d2e2@googlegroups.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 11:49:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: History -- long distances rates 1927
I found some ads listing Bell System toll rates from
New York City (Manhattan) to various points.
By way of comparison, bare bones service from Verizon
offers long distance anywhere in the U.S. for 12c
per minute.
By 1930, long distance was an established process,
with specially designed switchboards, routings,
and repeater placement. There were subsequent
rate decreases.
After WW II, dial direct, coaxial cable, and microwave
all allowed greater economies of scale, allowing
further rate decreases.
Bell System Long Distance Rates effective Dec 1, 1927
station to station, first three minutes.
From Manhattan, NYC. Evening rates cheaper.
| Lawrenceville NJ | 0.45 |
| Albany | 0.90 |
| Pottstown PA | 0.70 |
| Washington DC | 1.20 |
| Syracuse | 1.30 |
| Pittsburgh | 1.70 |
| Buffalo | 1.90 |
| Cleveland | 2.05 |
| Detroit | 2.30 |
| Louisville | 2.80 |
| Chicago | 3.25 |
| Atlanta | 3.25 |
| St. Louis | 3.50 |
| St. Paul | 4.00 |
| New Orleans | 4.50 |
| Denver | 6.00 |
| San Francisco | 9.00 |
| Great Britain | 75.00 |
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Message-ID: <20160612212519.GA16628@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 17:25:19 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
Subject: Appeals Court Overturns Privacy Win in Phone-Tracking Case
[teleccom]
by Jacob Gershman
Police don't need a warrant to track the cellphones of criminal
suspects, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday, reversing an early
decision in a closely watched privacy case.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta held that the
government didn't violate the privacy rights of a man convicted of a
2010 armed robbery spree and sentenced to life in prison.
The case is the latest digital-age test of the privacy protections of
the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures.
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/05/05/appeals-court-overturns-privacy-win-in-phone-tracking-case/
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)
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Message-ID: <ya2dnZU5Wo5D8MbKnZ2dnUU7-afNnZ2d@posted.internetamerica>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:48:14 -0500
From: gordonb.u9j7v@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt)
Subject: Re: Today's telephone operator workforce?
> One feature I think should still be provided--and without
> an onerous charge--is emergency call interrupt. That is,
However, this should require an onerous background check (e.g. the
same kind police get) and an onerous security deposit (I'm thinking
about the price of a new car or a small used house), which is paid
to the callee if in the sole opinion of the callee the call wasn't
an emergency, or if it was a wrong-number emergency call interrupt.
Police officers should be able to bypass both requirements if they
put their gun and badge on the line (and lose them permanently if
they misuse emergency call interrupt *EVEN ONCE*. Police, be very
sure the number you have is correct).
> if someone has an emergency and needs to break into an
> ongoing conservation, an operator could do so.
Emergency: a situation in which property or human life is in
jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential. Potential
revenue is not property and aid does not include transmission of
advertising. Advertisers always consider not being able to get in
contact with a potential customer as an emergency, especially if
the customer has their caller-ID blocked (something which is often
ineffective anyway).
I wonder how often it has happened (before widespread DSL and cable
modems, in the era of dialup ISPs) that emergency call interrupt
was used to break into a (residential) modem connection, the call
dropped (NO CARRIER) and then the modem/computer redialled the call,
and no human present had any idea that anyone was trying to reach
them.
I'm having a problem thinking of an emergency where calling 911 is
not a more appropriate response to the situation, unless it's first
responders making the call. e.g. "Shut off the gas and electric
power in <area>, we've got live downed power wires and a major gas
leak due to an 18-wheeler hitting a power pole and gas meter. Major
risk of explosion". First responders should not have to interrupt
a call for that: utility companies should have emergency lines,
known to first responders, that don't get flooded by customers every
severe thunderstorm that knocks down power lines. The same applies
to contacts for chemical plants, oil refineries, or any other
business where the workers may have to respond to a threat of fire.
I'm sorry, these are not emergencies: "Joe needs to be bailed out
of jail." (unless the jail is on fire). "Your ${relative} is dying
in the hospital." (unless perhaps I'm a doctor and the only one
around) "This is your neighbor calling: your house is on fire."
(Call 911 first, not me! You expect ME to go buy a fire extinguisher
and come home in half an hour? Sure, I'd like to know, but it's
not an emergency, and the fire department is better than me at
getting people out and putting out fires, and should get there
sooner.) "World War III has started." What do you expect me to do
about that? Obama has all sorts of emergency communications and
procedures in case he has to respond to someone launching missiles
in the middle of his campaign speech. I don't.
> Most carriers have eliminated this service in recent years,
> despite charging a high fee.
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