Originally posted by WittyHandle
I was surprised that I was asked for my phone once when I was pulled in, but I had nothing to hide so I gave it to them. I never got a definite answer as to whether they had the legal right to do so.
I was telling this story to a friend, and he told me that he wasn't worried because he has a Blackberry, and apparently it can be set so that after a certain number of incorrect passwords, it wipes all information from the device. He also blatantly sends drug references in his texts, claiming that they can't be intercepted. I did some reading up on it, and it seems that this is a premium service, not included in all Blackberries by default.
Edit: My experience was also coming into Canada.
Not just Blackberries but my iPhone has that built in too
LKD
and the US govt brings 'freedom' to all other 'oppressed' nations...this surely is freedom
hardcore trancer
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Originally posted by LKD
and the US govt brings 'freedom' to all other 'oppressed' nations...this surely is freedom
No my friend this is the true definition of Democracy..
thesauce23
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Originally posted by Jayx1
apparently the border people have the right to go through your cell phone as they did to me last year. They read my texts and bbms etc. I was pissed off but apparently its legal. So now i delete everything before i cross any border. They have no business reading anything.
PATRIOT ACT, brah! ugh try in living here dude- amongst a bunch of ing retards who still remain patriotic when they are constantly getting raped
LKD
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Originally posted by hardcore trancer
No my friend this is the true definition of Democracy..
my bad
E2EK1EL
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Originally posted by E2EK1EL Apple stealthily recording, storing GPS position of iPhone, 3G iPad users [video]
Several researchers at O?Reilly have discovered an extremely troubling feature of iPhones and 3G iPads running Apple?s iOS 4. In a blog post and accompanying video, the site details that Apple is storing the GPS coordinates of cellular iDevices locally, in an unencrypted and unprotected file. ?Ever since iOS 4 arrived, your device has been storing a long list of locations and time stamps,? reads the post. ?We?re not sure why Apple is gathering this data, but it?s clearly intentional, as the database is being restored across backups, and even device migrations.? O?Reilly goes on to note that along with a list of timestamped GPS coordinates, the file also contains a list of Wi-Fi access points that the affected device has been in range of. ?Anybody with access to this file knows where you?ve been over the last year, since iOS 4 was released,? the brief continues. The file in question ? named consolidated.db ? is present in the backup file created when syncing a cellular iOS device with iTunes, and, obviously, on the iOS device itself. ?Why this data is stored and how Apple intends to use it ? or not ? are important questions that need to be explored,? writes the team. Apple?s security team did not respond to O?Reilly?s request for comment. The video made by the researchers is after the break.
Edit: Apple iPhone Term & Agreement
Apple and its partners and licensees may provide certain services through your iPhone that rely upon location information. To provide and improve these services, where available, Apple and its partners and licensees may transmit, collect, maintain, process and use your location data, including the real-time geographic location of your iPhone, and location search queries. The location data and queries collected by Apple are collected in a form that does not personally identify you and may be used by Apple and its partners and licensees to provide and improve location-based products and services. By using any location-based services on your iPhone, you agree and consent to Apple?s and its partners? and licensees? transmission, collection, maintenance, processing and use of your location data and queries to provide and improve such products and services. You may withdraw this consent at any time by going to the Location Services setting on your iPhone and either turning off the global Location Services setting or turning off the individual location settings of each location-aware application on your iPhone. Not using these location features will not impact the non location-based functionality of your iPhone. When using third party applications or services on the iPhone that use or provide location data, you are subject to and should review such third party?s terms and privacy policy on use of location data by such third party applications or services
So damn ironic ... but at least there's an opition out, unofficially.
Jailbreak utility blocks iOS from storing recorded iPhone location data
Noted jailbreak developer Ryan Petrich has released a new jailbreak-only utility tonight named untrackerd, which promises to block iOS and Apple?s ability to log your device?s location information. Petrich?s application comes in light of a new discovery that Apple?s mobile operating system tracks iOS device?s longitude and latitude. That location information is then stored on your computer?s hard drive and can later be accessed by just about anyone with the right computer skills or software. Untrackerd is available for free on the Cydia jailbreak store. Thanks, Will.
Untrackerd?s description in Cydia:
This package installs a daemon (process that can run in the background) to clean consolidated.db file) No new icons are added to your homescreen. There are no options to configure.
I wonder if our official option out still collects the data? Only like 1% knows about this command I've posted last year.
E2EK1EL
I've revisited the command ...
"You Have Already Opted Out
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This opt-out applies only to interest-based ads from the iAd Network. It does not affect interest-based ads from any other advertising network that a developer may use in their app.
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patpicos
Michigan police refute ACLU's data-collection claims
by Jennifer Guevin
The Michigan State Police today fired back at claims that it has been using handheld machines called "extraction devices" to download personal information from motorists they pull over, even if they're not suspected of any crime.
The Michigan branch of the American Civil Liberties Union last week said it was petitioning the MSP to release information regarding the use of portable devices that "can be used to secretly extract personal information from cell phones during routine stops." The devices can reportedly download text messages, photos, video, and GPS data from most brands of cell phones. In its statement, the ACLU said it has been attempting to get more information about these devices for three years.
Now, the police department says claims about how it uses the so-called data extraction devices, or DEDs, are off-base.
"The MSP only uses the DEDs if a search warrant is obtained or if the person possessing the mobile device gives consent," it said in a statement. "The DEDs are not being used to extract citizens' personal information during routine traffic stops."
As for secret collection of data, the police said, "The MSP does not possess DEDs that can extract data without the officer actually possessing the owner's mobile device. The DEDs utilized by the MSP cannot obtain information from mobile devices without the mobile device owner knowing."
I've asked the ACLU of Michigan for comment on today's statement and will update this story if I hear back.
Originally posted by Jayx1
apparently the border people have the right to go through your cell phone as they did to me last year. They read my texts and bbms etc. I was pissed off but apparently its legal. So now i delete everything before i cross any border. They have no business reading anything.
i could've told you that.
CBSA and US Customs has WAY more power than local law enforcement and i really have no problem with it since they are the once deciding who to let in to their country.
E2EK1EL
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Originally posted by devnull
Michigan police refute ACLU's data-collection claims
by Jennifer Guevin
"The MSP only uses the DEDs if a search warrant is obtained or if the person possessing the mobile device gives consent," it said in a statement. "The DEDs are not being used to extract citizens' personal information during routine traffic stops."
A sign of relief, thanks for the URL.
samhouse
pretty ridiculous.
eye opener of a thread.
Jayx1
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Originally posted by chinamon
i could've told you that.
CBSA and US Customs has WAY more power than local law enforcement and i really have no problem with it since they are the once deciding who to let in to their country.
its one thing to do this with foreigners trying to enter a country. But when your own citizen is attempting to return to his country and is on it's soil this is outrageous and wrong. Want to search the car for drugs? fine. But looking at my speech and private thoughts to determine whether i committed a crime without my consent? If thats not a police state what is?
