America's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has "canceled its contract for a surveillance tool that enables warrantless tracking of mobile devices," reports the Associated Press.
They note the move comes "after lawmakers, a prosecutor and a judge raised concerns about the legality of the tool in criminal investigations."
ATF, the federal agency responsible for enforcing the nation's gun laws, told The Associated Press that it discontinued what it called a "pilot" program using a tool called Webloc after Rep. Michael Cloud, a Republican from Texas, and Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, expressed reservations about the agency's use of bulk commercial location data. Webloc, which is made by a vendor called Penlink, sources data from consumer apps and advertising networks, which collect the location of mobile devices from consumers who download apps or browse the web...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that police needed a warrant to obtain historic movement data from cellphone companies on a criminal suspect. But it has never addressed the growing practice of commercially acquired data.
Other users of Webloc include the U.S. military and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement but also local law enforcement agencies such as police in places like Elk Grove, Calif. and Durham, N.C. The technology has also expanded around the world, with the national police in El Salvador and Hungarian intelligence agencies as customers, according to a report from earlier this year from Citizen Lab, a group of researchers at the University of Toronto who investigate digital threats to civil society.
The article notes that other U.S. law enforcement agencies continue to buy commercial geolocation data, "including the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security."
They note the move comes "after lawmakers, a prosecutor and a judge raised concerns about the legality of the tool in criminal investigations."
ATF, the federal agency responsible for enforcing the nation's gun laws, told The Associated Press that it discontinued what it called a "pilot" program using a tool called Webloc after Rep. Michael Cloud, a Republican from Texas, and Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, expressed reservations about the agency's use of bulk commercial location data. Webloc, which is made by a vendor called Penlink, sources data from consumer apps and advertising networks, which collect the location of mobile devices from consumers who download apps or browse the web...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that police needed a warrant to obtain historic movement data from cellphone companies on a criminal suspect. But it has never addressed the growing practice of commercially acquired data.
Other users of Webloc include the U.S. military and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement but also local law enforcement agencies such as police in places like Elk Grove, Calif. and Durham, N.C. The technology has also expanded around the world, with the national police in El Salvador and Hungarian intelligence agencies as customers, according to a report from earlier this year from Citizen Lab, a group of researchers at the University of Toronto who investigate digital threats to civil society.
The article notes that other U.S. law enforcement agencies continue to buy commercial geolocation data, "including the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Een jongen is zondagavond gewond geraakt aan zijn hand nadat twee jongeren met een mes aan het spelen waren in een woning aan de Torellistraat in Spijkenisse. Het slachtoffer is ter plaatse behandeld in een ambulance.
Nog even en de Rotterdamse binnenstad kleurt weer in alle tinten van de regenboog. De eerste stap richting Rotterdam Unlimited Zomercarnaval is wel inmiddels gezet: Mireyna Richardson en Shayron Tremus zijn zondagavond verkozen tot de nieuwe Queen en King Zomercarnaval. Komend jaar zijn zij hét gezicht van het evenement en openen ze op 25 juli de beroemde Straatparade.
Today I was using the github application on my android phone. I usually use it only for authenticating for the website. Today, to my dread I discovered on places where you'd expect to be able to copy and select text, the app doe simply not select anything.
What utter crap
#github #brokenApp
Nederlandse symphonische black metal? Hele goeie, van nu, zeg maar, niet van lang geleden? Ja, blijkbaar! Zie hier: Walg! Dat het nummer 1597 van het recente album VI afkomstig is, suggereert ook een productief gezelschap. Voor meer info zie hier, want de mensen van Zware Metalen hebben er meer verstand van dan ik en kunnen er heel aanstekelijk enthousiast over vertellen.
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Back in 2016 I did a roadtrip in Southern California that looped around the Salton Sea and included stops in Slab City and Salvation Mountain.
Salvation Mountain is probably one of the most amazing man-made things I have ever seen.
It was literally a hollow man-made hill, old cars & trucks, etc. covered in gallons and gallons of latex paint Created by an artist, Leonard Knight. All dedicated to his love of God.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation_Mountain
Greg Adams Photography posted a photo:
Back in 2016 I did a roadtrip in Southern California that looped around the Salton Sea and included stops in Slab City and Salvation Mountain.
Salvation Mountain is probably one of the most amazing man-made things I have ever seen.
It was literally a hollow man-made hill, old cars & trucks, etc. covered in gallons and gallons of latex paint Created by an artist, Leonard Knight. All dedicated to his love of God.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation_Mountain
Greg Adams Photography posted a photo:
Back in 2016 I did a roadtrip in Southern California that looped around the Salton Sea and included stops in Slab City and Salvation Mountain.
Salvation Mountain is probably one of the most amazing man-made things I have ever seen.
It was literally a hollow man-made hill, old cars & trucks, etc. covered in gallons and gallons of latex paint Created by an artist, Leonard Knight. All dedicated to his love of God.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation_Mountain