The way I read it it's 8 million pings (data points), not requests; e.g., one request could result in thousands of pings on one account over a period of time.
Basically, they request to track a device, and Sprint pings it a certain number of times/hour and gives the data to the agency requesting it.
Copyright trol... err lawyers around the world need to rally to save this sinking leec... err, comrad... err, frien.. err, ally. Yeah, that's the ticket: ally!
I have it on authority that the real story is that Heather Armstrong, often known as "dooce" is actually off getting re-constructive surgery on her personality.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ...in the land of make believe
...and I have a rock that I carry in my pocket that protects me from tiger attacks. I haven't been attacked by a tiger since I've had it (over a decade now).
On the post: Senator Franken Questions Legality Of DOJ Having Mobile Operators Reveal Where People Are
Re: This doesn't add up to me
I totally agree.
On the post: Senator Franken Questions Legality Of DOJ Having Mobile Operators Reveal Where People Are
Re: This doesn't add up to me
Basically, they request to track a device, and Sprint pings it a certain number of times/hour and gives the data to the agency requesting it.
Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
On the post: Federal Appeals Court Rejects Illinois' Eavesdropping Law As Likely Violating The First Amendment
Re: The real problem
The difference is that the police are public 'servants', and therefore should have no reasonable expectation of privacy on the job.
On the post: Congress Begins To Wonder Why ICE & DOJ Censored A Popular Hip Hop Blog For A Year
Re:
2 is a beginning.
lern 2 read.
On the post: Italian Gov't Gives Up Trying To Regulate Copyright Online
Copyright trol... err lawyers around the world need to rally to save this sinking leec... err, comrad... err, frien.. err, ally. Yeah, that's the ticket: ally!
Vive La France, err, Italy!
On the post: Italian Gov't Gives Up Trying To Regulate Copyright Online
Re: Re: Spread the word
Opera is an Italian word.
On the post: After SOPA And ACTA, Now TPP Starts To Fall Apart
“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.”
-Ancient Chines Proverb
On the post: Ebook Sales Of Harry Potter Lead To Increased Physical Sales As Well
Re: Re: Re: JudgeMENTAL
You didn't pay for it?
Dirty pirate.
On the post: Here We Go Again: FBI Wants Backdoors To Snoop On Nearly All Internet Communications
Re: Re: Which one of these will happen first?
(D'oh on my part).
On the post: Here We Go Again: FBI Wants Backdoors To Snoop On Nearly All Internet Communications
Re: Which one of these will happen first?
The real question should be: why should we allow them to collect even more data to be compromised?
On the post: Dan Bull Shares His Thoughts On The Pirate Bay Being Blocked Right After Helping His Music Get On The Charts
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
On the post: Kuwait Says Social Networks Must Be Regulated To 'Safeguard The Cohesiveness Of Society'
Re: Seriously????
Wait, what?
On the post: Kuwait Says Social Networks Must Be Regulated To 'Safeguard The Cohesiveness Of Society'
Re:
On the post: Pirate Bay Block Initiates Streisand Cascade, Drives Record Traffic
Pirate Bay FTW!!!!!
On the post: Judge Lets Feds Censor Blog For Over A Year So The RIAA Could Take Its Sweet Time
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
No matter what you say, that's the way it is supposed to happen (in the USA, at least).
The fact that you ignore this distinction shows your true colors.
Guilty 'til proven innocent, FTW.
Wait, what....
On the post: Judge Lets Feds Censor Blog For Over A Year So The RIAA Could Take Its Sweet Time
Re:
/sniff
On the post: Paulo Coehlo Convinces His Publisher To Offer (Almost) All Of His Ebooks For $0.99
Re: Re: Re:
OP said dollars to pennies, not 99 pennies to a dollar, so still wrong (math fail), thanks for playing. ;)
On the post: Blog Fight Devolves Into Legal Nastygrams
Remember folks, you heard it here first!
On the post: Paulo Coehlo Convinces His Publisher To Offer (Almost) All Of His Ebooks For $0.99
Re:
So you proved your math skills suck as bad as your reading comprehension.
Bravo!
On the post: NYTimes Realizes That The FBI Keeps Celebrating Breaking Up Its Own Terrorist Plots
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ...in the land of make believe
I'm sure glad I bought that rock...
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