Using the Internet? You’re open to warrantless monitoring, court says

Does using the Internet mean that you're automatically surrendering information that can be used against you in a legal action? A new ruling in Pittsburgh suggests so.

If you’re accessing the Internet, be warned: You may be surrendering any expectation of privacy protection from authorities and leaving yourself open to being tracked without a search warrant, according to a new legal ruling issued earlier this month.

A federal court in Pittsburgh last week ruled against a request to suppress evidence in a case surrounding the possible downloading of child pornography, explaining that the man making the request “could have no reasonable expectation of privacy in the signal he was sending to or receiving” from the wireless router he had connected to. The man in question is Richard Stanley, who was indicted earlier this month for possessing child pornography after having been tracked down using a program called “Moocherhunter” that allows users to measure physical distances between wireless routers and devices connected to it.

Stanley was apparently connected to the wireless signal of a neighbor (without said neighbor’s knowledge) when he was downloading the pornography; authorities initially tracked the IP address of the account downloading the porn, which led to the identification of the owner of the wireless router in question, who was soon ruled out of the investigation. From there, police used Moocherhunter to locate Stanley’s signal, and then his actual location, leading to his arrest. Post-arrest, Stanley argued that the authorities should have needed a warrant to use Moocherhunter… but the courts, apparently, disagree.

In her ruling, District Judge Joy Flowers Conti explained, “An internet subscriber does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in his IP address or the information he provides to his Internet Service Provider, such as Comcast, in order to legally establish an internet connection, and likewise, a person connecting to another person’s wireless router does not have an expectation of privacy in that connection.” Conti likened it to a 1979 case where the Supreme Court ruled that no search warrant was needed to use a device that records what telephone numbers are dialed by a suspect; in both cases, the information is being voluntarily surrendered to a third party, she pointed out, and are therefore not being treated as private or secret information by the suspect.

That’s not enough for everyone, however; the distinction may rest upon whether people are actually even aware that they’re surrendering information in the first place. While it’s clear that someone is dialing a phone number, for example, not everyone understands that connecting to a wireless router means that their computers are releasing identifiable information about their location, after all. Orin Kerr, a law professor and Fourth Amendment expert at the George Washington University, puts it like this: “When you’re connecting to the wireless network, you’re broadcasting a signal, even though you might not know it… This gets to the black box problem. Do you assume the user knows how computers work or not?”

Marketa Sims, the assistant federal public defender who worked with Mr. Stanley on the case in question, is thinking along similar lines: “When Stanley connected to the other person’s router, he didn’t [intentionally] reveal his location,” she said. “The question here is whether the government needs a warrant to find your location when you haven’t broadcast it.” Or, perhaps, the question may be, is ignorance of transmission the same thing as not transmitting at all…?

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How to track your iPhone 5 delivery if you’re in the UK

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If you are in the UK and sitting at home or in the office impatiently waiting for your iPhone 5 delivery, this information could help to calm your nerves. If you use the tracking information provided by Apple on its website, you will more than likely see that your iPhone 5 shipment is being handled by a company called Syncreon Parcel Delivery. A quick visit to their track and trace service and the bad news is that your iPhone 5 is in Hinkley; do not despair, its probably not.

Syncreon Parcel Delivery is not a carrier but a distribution holding company and the delivery is actually being carried out by UK Mail or UPS locally. The good news is you can use your tracking information over at UK Mail and see exactly what’s happening with your iPhone 5.

The first thing to do is head over to Apple and get your tracking number from the tracking information displayed on your order.Once you have the tracking number, instead of heading to Syncreon, go to UK Mail.Enter your tracking number in the box on the right hand side labeled “By Reference Number”Hit GoHopefully you should now see your delivery information, the site is getting hammered at the moment but be patient.Click on the link and you will again hopefully see that your iPhone 5 is out or delivery or if you’re lucky, already delivered.If it doesn’t work for you, try the same thing over at UPS, Apple tends to use UK Mail or UPS.

Good luck and hopefully you will have found that your iPhone 5 is on its way. while you wait in your now more relaxed state, head on over to our Official iPhone 5 line-up tailgate party!! in the forums.

Chris Oldroyd

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More of: iPhne 5, Delivery, Uk, Syncreon, Ups, UK Mail ? PreviouslyThe best games to show off your new iPhone 5 Next up ?iMore show 314: iOS 6 review + iPhone 5 buyers guide There are 3 comments. Add yours. adansantos says: Sep 21, 2012 at 4:26 am - 4 hours ago

Hehehe... the UKMail page seems to have buckled under the requests... won't load up *quietly sits on the lounge where the UKMail van can be seen approach*

Reply michelle burns says: Sep 21, 2012 at 6:09 am - 2 hours ago

Thanks for the heads up, I have just had a look on UK mail and yep all tracking info is there. Its on its way!!!!!

Reply techfeed says: Sep 21, 2012 at 7:40 am - 1 hour ago

Aaaaaa...we will just wait for it to be delivered...=D
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