Sentences with phrase «pen register»

«However, the location information detected by a cell - site simulator is different in kind from pen register information: it is neither initiated by the user nor sent to a third - party,» the judge wrote.

The Eastern District prosecutors said the material turned over also includes 370 pages of federal income returns of unnamed people; 250 photographs; 180 pages of applications and orders involving pen registers which allow the government to track phone numbers called from a specific phone; 130 pages of FBI reports and notes; four audio - recordings, and a CD - ROM containing security video for a year from the outside of the Manganos» Bethpage home.

In the US, search warrants eventually become public court documents, but as the Wall Street Journal's Jennifer Valentino - Devries reports, requests for electronic surveillance stay sealed indefinitely, even after cases are closed, obscuring the extent to which law enforcement is using digital tracking tools like pen registers to pursue suspects.

The pressure of marking a colony with a felt - tip pen registers a cumulative count on the digital display with confirmation by an audible tone (that can be turned on or off).

Not only is modifying an operating system a lot harder than the government makes it out to be — much harder than handing over a pen register.

If the government wins, this case will be cited as legal precedent in hundreds of cases going forward, just as the DOJ cites the 1977 ruling that ordered New York Telephone to give the FBI access to a suspect's pen register (the file that contains the time and phone number of every call).

2014)(affirming contempt sanctions imposed for failure to comply with order requiring the company to assist law enforcement with effecting a pen register on encrypted e-mail content which included producing private SSL encryption key).

It's unclear what information was uncovered during the log of phone calls known as a «pen register,» or who exactly Cohen may have been talking to at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

NBC News reports that the feds obtained what's called a «pen register» of Cohen's phone calls.

The problem that I have with a pen register to justify use of something like a stingray is that the standard for a pen register is much too low, given the invasive nature of a pen register.

[When] law enforcement agencies seek to obtain judicial authorization through a pen register, they do not directly indicate that they are applying for authorization to use a stingray.

A search warrant likewise has a much higher standard than a pen register, requiring law enforcement to prove probable cause before a judge will grant permission to use additional means of investigation.

Federal law enforcement agencies typically get courts to approve use of something like stingray through a pen register application [a pen register is a device that records the numbers called from a particular phone line].

One of the reasons I'd like to see some more documentation of stingray applications and orders is because I have this suspicion — but there's no way of confirming it one way or another — that some judges are signing approvals to use this technology thinking that they're just signing a pen register.

If a judge thinks it's [just] another pen register application, they're just going to sign it without giving it much pause.

Other records indicate law enforcement agencies have used the technology hundreds of times without a search warrant, instead relying on a much more generic court order known as a pen register and trap and trace order.

Doing so might cause some courts to question whether the pen register statute [as opposed to some higher standard] is the appropriate basis for authorizing a stingray.

Camara has argued that MediaSentry was not licensed as a private investigator in Minnesota, that it ran an illegal «pen register,» and as such, the evidence should be barred.

People know that «pen registers» and similar devices exist, or at least the technology to trace a call exists, because the phone company can track down people who make harassing calls.

A recent article on The Intercept on Apple's «iMessage FAQ for Law Enforcement» included an example of what is contained in Apple's pen register for messages sent with iMessage — which is also a good example of what meta data can look like.

Apple's pen register for messages sent with iMessage is also a good example of what meta data can look like.

«For both pen register information and CSLI, the Government ultimately obtains the information from the service provider who is keeping a record of the information.

Police have used cell - site simulators to track location data without a warrant, by deceptively obtaining «pen register» orders from courts without explaining the true nature of the surveillance.

The police not only failed to get a warrant to use the device, they also failed to disclose it to the judge in their application for a pen register order.

Agents will only be allowed to use Stingrays in «pen register» mode, meaning the devices will collect only the basic location of the phone and the numbers of incoming and outgoing calls and texts.