Category: odni

The NSA says it stopped tracking cellphone locations without a warrant

Post author By Randall
Post date November 14, 2019
Categories In fisa, gear, gps, Mobile, nsa, odni, patriot act, Politics, Privacy, ron wyden, section 215, Security, Tech

[ad_1] Last year the Supreme Court ruled, in a 5-4 decision, that a search warrant is required for law enforcement to perform cellphone tower searches to track someone’s location. The Daily Beast reported on a letter sent by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to Senator Ron Wyden affirming that ever since […]

Facebook, Google meet intelligence agencies to talk 2020 election security

Post author By Randall
Post date September 4, 2019
Categories In department of homeland security, Election, election2020, elections, Facebook, fbi, gear, Google, homeland security, Internet, Microsoft, odni, Politics, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] We’ve asked the companies in question for comment. Microsoft confirmed to Engadget that it “is participating in this meeting.” In a statement, Twitter said it “always welcome[s] the opportunity” to meet with government agencies and fellow companies to discuss securing the 2020 election, and said there was a “joint effort in response to a […]