Yahoo News – by Brad Reed, BGR News
Do cops need a warrant to track your phone? Believe it or not, the answer to this question varies by state. To help you figure out whether cops can track your phone without a warrant, the American Civil Liberties Union has created an interactive map that details what procedures, if any, police need to follow in every state before tracking your location.
As you can see, the places that require no warrants whatsoever to track your phone are mostly in the deep south: Texas Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. States that have the strongest requirements for getting warrants for cell phone tracking include California, Utah, Montana, Virginia and Massachusetts.
“The status of your privacy protections depends on where you are,” the ACLU comments. “For example, your location information is protected in Montana, but not in Georgia. In Illinois, police need a warrant to know where you are right now, but not where you were last week. In California, your location information is protected against warrantless search by state and local police, but not by federal authorities. In other states, we’re still waiting for rulings, and in Florida, state and federal courts are at odds on the matter.”
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/map-see-cops-state-track-phone-no-warrant-040043677.html
It’s unconstitutional in every state for such data to be tracked without a warrant. It’s the crime of stalking in another form. Nevertheless, the pigs will do it anyway — even where it’s illegal by statute law.
The answer? Leave your cell phone at home unless you really need it with you. We all got along just fine prior to the development of cell phones.
If you must keep your phone with you but don’t need to receive urgent calls, simply keep the phone powered off and in a Faraday bag until you need it.
life was better without cell phones…
maybe , but it is simply bullshit having to hide away your cell phone or not use it in public or any dam way you want , losing our personal rights is not an option, and not being able to use my device because some pig thinks my right to privacy is subject to his personal choice is also bullshit
get the f@#k up off my private shit or know my wrath..( not directed at you Stuzz
“States that have the strongest requirements for getting warrants for cell phone tracking include California,…”
CA? That does surprise me.
Not that I believe for a second that they adhere to it.