Perspective
Dec. 4, 2014
Data 'dirtboxes' are a dirty practice
Reports of government using planes to collect location data from cellphones of suspects through fake communication towers on planes raise questions about the process by which the government obtains the information. By Peter Toren
Reports of government using planes to collect location data from cellphones of suspects through fake communication towers on planes, which involves collection of data from a large number of innocent cellphone users, raise questions about the process by which the government obtains the information and whether collection of nonsuspects' records is being minimized.
This practice is a variant of the surveillance practice known as a &q...
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