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Room 641A is a telecommunication interception facility operated by AT&T for the U.S. National Security Agency, as part of its warrantless surveillance program as authorized by the Patriot Act. The facility commenced operations in 2003 and its purpose was publicly revealed by AT&T technician Mark Klein in 2006. [1] [2]
Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T Inc., 562 U.S. 397 (2011), was a United States Supreme Court case on aspects of corporate personhood.It held that the exemption from Freedom of Information Act disclosure requirements for law enforcement records which "could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy" does not protect information related to ...
“There are exigent circumstances, such as where the information is required to prevent imminent bodily harm.” “If there is a reasonable law authorizing access.” “If the information being sought does not raise a reasonable expectation of privacy.” [13] [15] The second court case to refer to is from the same year but in December.
A covert program called Hemisphere may allow law enforcement to obtain data on individuals without first obtaining a search warrant. AT&T reportedly has a secret program that helps law enforcement ...
The passcodes—numerical pins that are an extra layer of security for AT&T accounts—were released online alongside select personal data such as full names, addresses, email addresses, phone ...
Hepting v. AT&T, 439 F.Supp.2d 974 (N.D. Cal., 2006), was a class action lawsuit argued before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, filed by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on behalf of customers of the telecommunications company AT&T.
By law this must be outside of the phone company. This prevents law enforcement from being inside the phone company and possibly illegally tapping other phones. Text messages are also sent to law enforcement. There are two levels of CALEA wiretapping: The first level only allows that the "meta data" about a call be sent.
ATM SafetyPIN software is a software application that allows users of automated teller machines (ATMs) to alert law enforcement of a forced cash withdrawal (such as in a robbery) by entering their personal identification number (PIN) in reverse order. [1] The system was patented by Illinois lawyer Joseph Zingher (U.S. patent 5,731,575).