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Arkansas Granny

(31,528 posts) Mon Jan 11, 2021, 02:29 PM Jan 2021

Here's an interesting tweet about "geo-fencing warrants". I've never heard of them.

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Mike Jason
@mikejason73
"Geofencing Warrant" is the word of the day. Think maybe the FBI already got one for every cell phone inside the Capitol? Good luck, traitors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo-fence_warrant
8:13 AM · Jan 11, 2021

A Geo-fence warrant (also known as a geofence warrant) is a search warrant issued by a court to allow law enforcement to search a database to find all active mobile devices within a particular geo-fence area. Courts have granted law enforcement geofence warrants to obtain information from databases such as Google's Sensorvault which collect users' historical geo-location data via GPS records.[1][2] These geo-fence warrants have led to privacy and Fourth Amendment concerns where innocent passersby have been subjected to unjustified searches of their Google accounts due to innocently passing by the locations of crime sites.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo-fence_warrant

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Here's an interesting tweet about "geo-fencing warrants". I've never heard of them. (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Jan 2021 OP

We can only hope! redstatebluegirl Jan 2021 #1

Read a little about this in another thread... Wounded Bear Jan 2021 #2

I was reading another post the other day pretty much saying this was going to happen. sdfernando Jan 2021 #3

I expect the FBI and Capitol Police are all over this dutch777 Jan 2021 #4

Figuring out who had a reason to be in the building and who did not should be a piece of cake. Arkansas Granny Jan 2021 #6

Which is why many in the protests last summer recommended leaving phones at home. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2021 #5

Perfect liberal N proud Jan 2021 #7

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)

1. We can only hope!

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Mon Jan 11, 2021, 02:30 PM

Jan 2021

Wounded Bear

(58,704 posts)

2. Read a little about this in another thread...

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Mon Jan 11, 2021, 02:33 PM

Jan 2021

Love your smart phone? Probably shouldn't carry it when committing insurrection.

sdfernando

(4,941 posts)

3. I was reading another post the other day pretty much saying this was going to happen.

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Mon Jan 11, 2021, 02:49 PM

Jan 2021

It was stated that the Capital building, being mostly made of stone and steel was a poor place to get cell signals. The remedy was to install cell towers on each floor so law makers could get a good signal. If true then these warrants would show not only who's cell was ping a tower but also which floor it was on and how it tracked through the building. Stupid MAGATs were live streaming, or recording, or taking pictures during their assault....and these people are worried about a chip in the COVID-19 vaccine?

dutch777

(3,035 posts)

4. I expect the FBI and Capitol Police are all over this

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Mon Jan 11, 2021, 02:51 PM

Jan 2021

Will snag every clerk and janitor in the building too so there will need to be discretion but the ones uploading selfies from inside the building will be a dead giveaway. Dunces!