Some speculation it's related to the Boston Marathon bombing
Martin says:
June 6, 2013 at 2:26 am
Hmm. We actually know pretty well what they are collecting. ItÂs calling number at each end, calling time, calling duration, and approximate caller location at each end. It includes IMSI and IMEI information. It doesnÂt include the content of the call. The warrant was issued due to the Boston bombings.
ThereÂs no name, address, billing info, or anything else. They need an individual warrant to get that information.
Basically theyÂre doing a massive node analysis and if they see nodes that connected with the bombers, theyÂd then issue an individual warrant for the phone records of the persons that connected with the bombers. IÂm not quite sure what the outrage is over this. Google has been doing much worse than this for a decade now. Facebook and Twitter are trying to do the same.
Makes some sense.
The relative lack of official outrage (so far) would lead me to believe that there's a lot more going on under the covers than GG would have us infer.
FWIW.
Cheers,
Scott.
(Who has a history of perhaps trusting authority too much, so YMMV.)
