Night. More on the frozen nation, and the new storm coming in right behind it. But first, planes tracking cell phone data and locations. Authorities saying its for catching criminals, but are they tracking you, too . Pierre thomas leads us off. Reporter tonight, new questions about whether the government is scooping up the personal cell phone data from thousands of innocent americans. An investigation by the wall street journal uncovering a secret Program Designed to track down fugitives, suspected killers, rapists, and other criminals. That allows u. S. Marshals to pinpoint the location of your phone from the sky, without you knowing its happening. Heres how it works. The marshals launch a small plane carrying a device called a dirtbox, which acts like a mini cell tower. Over a populated area, it picks up identifying pings from thousands of phones below, until it finds its suspect. Pinpointing that persons location within a threeyard radius, even in a specific room. When they put it o
Good evenings on this friday night. More on the frozen nation, and the new storm coming in right behind it. But first, planes tracking cell phone data and locations. Authorities saying its for catching criminals, but are they tracking you, too . Pierre thomas leads us off. Reporter tonight, new questions about whether the government is scooping up the personal cell phone data from thousands of innocent americans. An investigation by the wall street journal uncovering a secret Program Designed to track down fugitives, suspected killers, rapists, and other criminals. That allows u. S. Marshals to pinpoint the location of your phone from the sky, without you knowing its happening. Heres how it works. The marshals launch a small plane carrying a device called a dirtbox, which acts like a mini cell tower. Over a populated area, it picks up identifying pings from thousands of phones below, until it finds its suspect. Pinpointing that persons location within a threeyard radius, even in a spec
More on this frozen nation, and the new storm coming in right behind it in just a moment. But first, reports of planes taking off from five locations. Tracking cell phone data and locations. Authorities saying its for catching criminals, but are they tracking you, too . Pierre thomas leads us off. Reporter tonight, new questions about whether the government is scooping up the personal cell phone data from thousands of innocent americans. An investigation by the wall street journal uncovered a secret Program Designed to track down fugitives, suspected killers, rapists, and other criminals. It allows u. S. Marshals to pinpoint the location of your phone from the sky, without you knowing its happening. Heres how it works. The marshals launch a small plane carrying a device called a dirtbox, which acts like a mini cell tower. Over a populated area, it picks up identifying pings from thousands of phones below, until it finds its suspect. Pinpointing that persons location within a threeyard