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The Mounting Geofencing Threat
Loaded on March 15, 2023
by Michael Thompson
published in Criminal Legal News
April, 2023, page 28
Filed under:
Cell Site Location Information ("CSLI"),
Electronic Surveillance.
Location:
United States of America.
by Michael Dean Thompson
The January 6th Capitol riot illustrates how geofencing warrants are threatening American citizens. As part of the investigations into the events, the FBI served a geofencing warrant to Google that demanded a list of all the devices in or near the Capitol during the attack. An ...
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