Of all of the recent technological developments that have expanded the surveillance capabilities of law enforcement agencies at the expense of individual privacy, perhaps the most powerful is cell ...

A Milwaukee PD "critical response vehicle", or surveillance van. (Photo by Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner) A Milwaukee PD "critical response vehicle", or surveillance van. (Photo by Isiah ...

Buffalo, NY - The Erie County Sheriff's Department is breaking its silence about our exclusive investigation into controversial cell phone spying technology purchased with taxpayer money to the tune ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The National Security Agency on Friday said its tracking of cellphones overseas is legally authorized under a sweeping U.S. presidential order. The distinction means the ...

Police generally need a warrant to look at records that reveal where cellphone users have been, the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a big victory for privacy interests in the digital age. The justices' ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided against the Justice Department in upholding the public release of information about court cases in which cell phone location data was used to track ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie County law enforcement’s use of cell phone tracking technology during the past four and a half years is legal and justified, Sheriff Timothy Howard said Wednesday. In an ...

It's a controversial secret cell phone tracking system that the Pennsylvania State Police is now using. Stingray acts as a decoy cell phone tower, sending out a powerful signal that forces mobile ...

Capitalizing on all the information we put into our cell phones, Verizon Wireless is selling all our app usage and location information to marketers, reports CNET's Declan McCullagh. Part of what it ...