A Peek Inside the FBI’s Unprecedented January 6 Geofence Dragnet

[livingston]

A Peek Inside the FBI’s Unprecedented January 6 Geofence Dragnet​

Google provided investigators with location data for more than 5,000 devices as part of the federal investigation into the attack on the US Capitol.

The FBI’s biggest-ever investigation included the biggest-ever haul of phones from controversial geofence warrants, court records show. A filing in the case of one of the January 6 suspects, David Rhine, shows that Google initially identified 5,723 devices as being in or near the US Capitol during the riot. Only around 900 people have so far been charged with offenses relating to the siege.

The filing suggests that dozens of phones that were in airplane mode during the riot, or otherwise out of cell service, were caught up in the trawl. Nor could users erase their digital trails later. In fact, 37 people who attempted to delete their location data following the attacks were singled out by the FBI for greater scrutiny.

A Peek Inside the FBI's Unprecedented January 6 Geofence Dragnet

Google provided investigators with location data for more than 5,000 devices as part of the federal investigation into the attack on the US Capitol.

www.wired.co.uk

 

[pshift]

Leave your devices home....

 

[Modean]

Well, when you voluntarily carry a tracking device in your pocket….

 

[Jsmegs77]

Opsec fail. If you were concerned about backlash from a three letter organization while attending such an event (I would have been), it would have been prudent to leave it in your hotel or similar, perhaps in a faraday bag.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Imagine how wonderful a world it would be if they used this effort to go after corrupt politicians, BLM, ANTIFA...

 

[FP1201]

Old school only carries cash, no id, no phone, no credit cards, oh and all those cool tat's well they might as well be your name and social security number.
If you ever the chance to really talk to Grandpa or great grandpa that was real SF, ask them about op-sec.