Cops Can Find the Location of Any Phone in the Country in Seconds, and This Senator Wants to Know Why (Video)
by N.Morgan Last Thursday the New York Times published a blockbuster piece revealing how US law enforcement has access to a system that can geo-locate nearly any phone in the country without an officer necessarily having a court order. The website Motherboard has published the letters that Senator Ron Wyden sent to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and telecommunications companies demanding answers on the controversial surveillance system. “ I am writing to insist that AT&T take proactive steps to prevent the unrestricted disclosure and potential abuse of private customer data, including real-time location information, by at least one other company to the government,” a May 8 letter sent from Wyden to the President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T reads . As reported by the New York Times, a former sheriff of Mississippi County, Mo., used an obscure service called Securus to surveil targets’ cell phones, including a judge and other law