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Virginia police routinely use secret GPS pings to track people’s cell phones

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Re: Virginia police routinely use secret GPS pings to track people’s cell phones

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Post by tyrfing »

buildbot wrote: post #4
mdb31 wrote: post #2

"We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time." Oooh, wait until they hear about CCPA... (but anyway, I'm sure the 'secret GPS pings' are just plain-old stealth SMS, and we're all better off not reading TFA in any case)

No, it looks like a 2 years location dragnet warrant issued against someone for merely being around someone experiencing an overdose. IMO, this should be completely unconstitutional.

Where is it stated that he was tracked for 2 years?

Re: Virginia police routinely use secret GPS pings to track people’s cell phones

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Post by BrandoElFollito »

mdb31 wrote: post #2

"We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time." Oooh, wait until they hear about CCPA... (but anyway, I'm sure the 'secret GPS pings' are just plain-old stealth SMS, and we're all better off not reading TFA in any case)

I never understood these concerns in the US, for US web sites. What do they even care about our laws?

If there was a US law stating something similar for people connecting connecting to my French site from the US I would just smile and live on. I do not expect the CIA to kidnap me and bring me in front of a US court.

Re: Virginia police routinely use secret GPS pings to track people’s cell phones

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Post by jason-phillips »

hammock wrote: post #6

Chesterfield County, Va. can be generally understood as one of the most, if not the most, pro-cop (densely populated) counties in the whole country. You don’t want to be arrested there Edit: not sure the reason for the downvotes, this fact is useful context and first-hand

Can you elaborate? What does "pro-cop" mean in this geographical context and why do I not want to be arrested here versus somewhere else (assuming I wanted to be arrested)?

Re: Virginia police routinely use secret GPS pings to track people’s cell phones

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Post by ClumsyPilot »

mdb31 wrote: post #2

"We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time." Oooh, wait until they hear about CCPA... (but anyway, I'm sure the 'secret GPS pings' are just plain-old stealth SMS, and we're all better off not reading TFA in any case)

So an article about corporates violating our privacy doesn't comply with laws on privacy?

Re: Virginia police routinely use secret GPS pings to track people’s cell phones

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Post by hammock »

jason-phillips wrote: post #15
hammock wrote: post #6

Chesterfield County, Va. can be generally understood as one of the most, if not the most, pro-cop (densely populated) counties in the whole country. You don’t want to be arrested there Edit: not sure the reason for the downvotes, this fact is useful context and first-hand

Can you elaborate? What does "pro-cop" mean in this geographical context and why do I not want to be arrested here versus somewhere else (assuming I wanted to be arrested)?

Cops get more benefit of the doubt there than anyplace I’ve seen. And the cops, prosecutors and judges are in close coordination.

Re: Virginia police routinely use secret GPS pings to track people’s cell phones

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Post by kube-system »

BrandoElFollito wrote: post #13
mdb31 wrote: post #2

"We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time." Oooh, wait until they hear about CCPA... (but anyway, I'm sure the 'secret GPS pings' are just plain-old stealth SMS, and we're all better off not reading TFA in any case)

I never understood these concerns in the US, for US web sites. What do they even care about our laws? If there was a US law stating something similar for people connecting connecting to my French site from the US I would just smile and live on. I do not expect the CIA to kidnap me and bring me in front of a US court.

They may do business in the EU, want to have that option at a later point, or may want to make it easy to be acquired by a multinational company.

Or it’s just a low-effort CYA move recommended by a lawyer.

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