Telephone numbers connected to specific cell phone towers can be gathered by the government from telecommunications companies under the Stored Communications Act, a federal judge has ruled.
Southern District Magistrate Judge James Francis (See Profile) said Friday that so-called “cell tower dumps” do not violate the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures and do not require a warrant under the act.
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