Tag: cell phone

Court mistake leads to release of texts from Rep. Scott Perry’s seized phone

Congressman Perry had fought to keep prosecutors from accessing the phone. He spoke to CBS 21 a week after the seizure, and said that he did nothing wrong. […]

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N.J. going after ‘sextortion’ as parents sound alarm on predators who target minors on social media

Long gone are the times when law enforcement would simply warn parents of dangerous people on the street. From online video games to every other app that connects to the world, people on the hunt to sextort victims lurk under bogus usernames and identities. […]

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CAP’s cell phone forensics team reaches 1,000th ‘find’ milestone

Civil Air Patrol’s award-winning National Cell Phone Forensics Team achieved another major milestone with recording its 1,000th find of a lost or missing person on the way to its 656th life saved since the innovative technology was developed. ( Courtesy Graphic) […]

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Geofence warrants: How police can use protesters’ phones against them (The searches, sometimes known as reverse location requests, increased fivefold from 2018 to 2019.)

Rather than seeking warrants for a person backed up with probable cause, police have begun relying on geofence warrants that sweep up information on any device that happened to be in the vicinity of a crime. […]

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