Is Your Cell Phone Being Tracked by the Government?

BY: March Hare Published: February 12, 2010

WASHINGTON (Politically Illustrated) – Is your cell phone being tracked by the government? Maybe. The U.S. government wants to track cell-phone locations to combat crime and other terrorist related dangers.

“Cell tower information is useful to law enforcement because of limited information it provides about the location of a cell phone when a call is made,” said the government in a statement.

The Justice Department wants access to cell-phone location information without a court order or showing probable cause.

“At any moment, when a cell phone is turned on, the service provider can access the location of the cell phone. If the U.S. government wins on appeal, they will require cell phone companies to store the information for a long period of time,” said John Tenebaum, an analyst of the case.

Many Americans believe the Constitution grants freedom of privacy, not the case.

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