Cell phone towerErik Simon

Your Smartphone Is a Spy for the GovernmentIf you’re a savvy user of technology, you probably already know that your smartphone is a rat, which is to say it’s always willing to tel…

Tens of thousands of times a year, federal courts issue orders to let the government obtain cell phone and email records — and they do it in secret. What happened to our right to privacy?

“…what you probably did not know, is that the court orders used by various levels and agencies of government to get their hands on that information are so opaque, so shrouded in secrecy, that those orders “might as well be written in invisible ink.” Bill Snyder | CIO

“Last year, cellphone carriers gave officials text messages, cellphone locations and other private information 1.3 million times. Because a single request can involve multiple phone users, the actual number of citizens who were tracked undoubtedly was far higher. And there’s every reason to believe the number will keep growing exponentially unless government acts.” – Chicago Sun Times