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Tag Archives: Cellphone
Texas comparing California prison cellphone rules
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas prison officials are evaluating a California plan to curb calls on smuggled devices by having cellphone towers at units. The Austin American-Statesman (http://bit.ly/HW9uWg ) reports the system blocks certain calls, texts and online access. Administrators … Continue reading
Cops spending millions to spy on cellphone users?
The war on drugs has gone digital; but is it also a war on cellphone users? That’s just one of the questions raised by an msnbc.com investigation into use of cellphone tracking data by local police departments across the nation. Msnbc.com built … Continue reading
Carriers, FCC Join In Bid To Curb Cellphone Thefts
Enlarge Mario Tama/Getty Images On the phone in Manhattan. Mario Tama/Getty Images On the phone in Manhattan. Wireless providers have agreed to create a national database of stolen cellphones that it is hoped will make the devices somewhat less tempting … Continue reading
New Database Aims to Prevent Cellphone Thefts
Law-enforcement officials, federal regulators, and wireless companies will announce a new database on Tuesday aimed at reducing the number of smartphones stolen each year. View full post on cellphone security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National … Continue reading
TEXT SPAMMING SWAMPS A LAST REFUGE, THE CELLPHONE
Text message spam has started waking Bob Dunnell in the middle of the night, promising cheap mortgages, credit cards and drugs. Some messages offer gift cards to, say, Walmart, if he clicks on a website and enters his Social Security … Continue reading
Spam Invades a Last Refuge, the Cellphone
Text message spam has started waking Bob Dunnell in the middle of the night, promising cheap mortgages, credit cards and drugs. Some message View full post on cellphone security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber … Continue reading
New Jersey woman beats boyfriend with cellphone charger in Hanover Township hotel, police say
View full sizeAP File PhotoA bloodied man and bloody hotel room at the Best Western hotel in Hanover Township, Northampton County, led police to charge an Essex County, N.J., woman with assault early this morning for beating her boyfriend with … Continue reading
Man accused of stealing cellphone from Walmart
Advertisement Walmart loss prevention workers yesterday captured a man armed with a knife after he allegedly stole a cellphone from the store. Zachary Smith Columbia police were called to the store at 1201 Grindstone Ave. in reference to a disturbance … Continue reading
After Supreme Court Throws Out GPS Tracking Data, Prosecutors Plan to Use Cell-Phone Location Data in Retrial (March 31, 2012)
Following a US Supreme Court ruling that probable-cause warrants are required prior to attaching GPS tracking devices to suspects’ vehicles, federal prosecutors are now seeking to use location data gathered about cell-phone use……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View … Continue reading
Carriers charge cops for cellphone information
Technolog Facebook, iPhone, Twitter and Wii. Technology evolves at the speed of light. Msnbc.com’s tech reporters look at the gadgets, games and innovations changing our world. Featured 17 hrs. Helen A.S. Popkin Wireless providers provide location information and other data … Continue reading