Police Don't Need a Warrant To Track Your Disposable Cellphone 312
New submitter Blindman writes "The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that it is okay for police to track your cellphone signal without a warrant. Using information about the cell tower that a prepaid cell phone was connected to, the police were able to track a suspected drug smuggler. Apparently, keeping your cellphone on is authorization for the police to know where you are. According to the ruling (PDF), '[The defendant] did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the data emanating from his cell phone that showed its location.' Also, 'if a tool used to transport contraband gives off a signal that can be tracked for location, certainly the police can track the signal.'"
Re:So it ends (Score:2, Funny)
Forgive me, I didn't mean to interfere with your constitutional right to be melodramatic.
Re:So it begins (Score:4, Funny)
(not sure what apple fans to, but normal phones can at least have their battery taken out easily and on-demand).
Apple is actually leading the way in this regard. Some people say this is wrong, but I hear that you get the same effect simply by holding the phone a certain way...