Court Says Tracking Web Histories Can Violate Wiretap Act
Andi Greenberg of @Wired.com wrote:
quote:Federal courts have long given the government leeway to surveil and collect so-called “non-content” data—records of the senders and recipients of calls and emails, for instance, rather than contents of those communications. But an unlikely case involving Google may mean the government will be required to get a warrant before it sucks up one type of that metadata: the detailed history of an individual’s web browsing. [...]
Unfortunately, as Yogi once said, "it ain't over 'til it's over". Expect this to be fought all the way up to the Supremes, and even there, there's no guarantee. This has implications into all manner of stored electronic histories, so it's more than a biggie.
So would this apply to all those android apps that spy on your phone call activity, or what wireless access points you connect to? Or all the other methods web advertisers use to track and identify you from site to site?
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