The Daily Beast Discloses AT&T’s “Hemisphere” Tracking Program
The Daily Beast published details on “Hemisphere,” a secret program run by AT&T to provide law enforcement agencies with location data gleaned from trillions of call records.
The searches are performed by AT&T without legal warrants but with administrative subpoena, according to the report, as a product for the law enforcement agencies.
The Daily Beast article also says alleges that the Hemisphere has grown to become a very lucrative operation for AT&T.
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The searches are performed by AT&T without legal warrants but with administrative subpoena, according to the report, as a product for the law enforcement agencies.
