Are the Feds Stalking Your Cell Phone? Lawsuit Seeks Answers - 1 views

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  #1 Wing Yan Wong on 09 Sep 09

   

  http://www.technewsworld.com/story/63668.html?wlc=1252493244
  
  Two legal groups have filed a lawsuit to get more information on whether the Federal Government may be using Americans' handphones to locate their locations, sometimes with no official warrant or court order.
  Americans were also unaware of being tracked by the government as the government obtained information directly from their various service providers without the user's knowledge.
  
  They claimed that this technology is good to locate people who are missing or has lost their way. However, I think this technology should be used only during emergency and not to track anyone the government or any unauthorised people who want to track on anyone they want. Furthermore, imagine parents tracking on you everyday. I believe many teenagers would cry in protest for their privacy rights.
  
  Hence my question: Should this technology be used only if there's a dire need (like locating someone missing) and if the government needs to track down wanted criminals? Should parents also have this privilege to find out their children's whereabouts anytime they wish to?

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://www.technewsworld.com/story/63668.html?wlc=1252493244" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.technewsworld.com/story/63668.html?wlc=1252493244</a> <br /> <br /> Two legal groups have filed a lawsuit to get more information on whether the Federal Government may be using Americans' handphones to locate their locations, sometimes with no official warrant or court order. <br /> Americans were also unaware of being tracked by the government as the government obtained information directly from their various service providers without the user's knowledge. <br /> <br /> They claimed that this technology is good to locate people who are missing or has lost their way. However, I think this technology should be used only during emergency and not to track anyone the government or any unauthorised people who want to track on anyone they want. Furthermore, imagine parents tracking on you everyday. I believe many teenagers would cry in protest for their privacy rights. <br /> <br /> Hence my question: Should this technology be used only if there's a dire need (like locating someone missing) and if the government needs to track down wanted criminals? Should parents also have this privilege to find out their children's whereabouts anytime they wish to?</div>

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