Comment on Americans’ Cellphones Targeted in Secret U.S. Spy ProgramComments−bickfordb11ySeems like you would get an excellent picture of everyone's location habits with a small number of flights per city per month.If this is legal, why can't they just subpoena carriers for the tower census data?−mike_hearn11yThey could try, but they might not get it, and the carriers wouldn't like it - better to ask forgiveness than permission, right? I think it says this in the article.−couchand11yNot as reliable.
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Seems like you would get an excellent picture of everyone's location habits with a small number of flights per city per month.
If this is legal, why can't they just subpoena carriers for the tower census data?
They could try, but they might not get it, and the carriers wouldn't like it - better to ask forgiveness than permission, right? I think it says this in the article.
Not as reliable.