US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant

A senator has complained that American law enforcement agencies snoop on US citizens and residents, seemingly without regard for the privacy provisions of the Fourth Amendment, under a secret program called the Hemisphere Project that allows police to conduct searches of trillions of phone records.

BearOfaTime,

Well that’s at least one step removed from what they were doing in the 90’s, when Verizon(?) dta centers had direct connections for feds to snoop.

I don’t remember the details, just that it was a big deal at the time. And I’m just sure they stopped doing it, right?

Saki,

See also:

Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records

The French National Police is unlawfully using an Israeli facial recognition software [installed massively and secretly. The Minister ordered an investigation]

Catsrules,

Glad to see my tax dollars going to a good cause. /s

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