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Title: News: Apple joins other companies in opposing warrantless use of location data
Post by: HCK on August 17, 2017, 04:05:24 pm
News: Apple joins other companies in opposing warrantless use of location data

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               Apple joined more than a dozen other prominent technology companies in filing a brief with the Supreme Court opposing warrantless use of a cellphone’s location data, CNET reports. The case in question concerns armed robbery charges against Timothy Carpenter, who was convicted in 2011 based on his cellphone’s location data. In the friend-of-the-court brief, the companies argue “that users rely on technology companies to process their…

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