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By Nathan Freed Wessler, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project

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  • Free Speech and Pluralism

Cell Phone Records Can Show Where You Sleep and Where You Pray

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has become the latest federal appeals court to consider the question of whether law enforcement needs a warrant before it obtains cell phone location data. We have (with allies) filed an amicus brief in this case, as we did in cases now pending in the Fourth and Eleventh Circuits. Clearly this is an issue that is headed toward the Supreme Court (especially if the circuit courts come to different conclusions).
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  • Free Speech and Pluralism

ACLU-Obtained Documents Reveal Breadth of Secretive Stingray Use in Florida

The ACLU is releasing records today obtained from law enforcement agencies across Florida about their acquisition and use of sophisticated cell phone location tracking devices known as “Stingrays.” These records provide the most detailed account to date of how law enforcement agencies across a single state are relying on the technology. (The full records are available here.)