Daily Caller ^ | April 22, 2011 | Jeff Poor
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2011 8:06:02 PM by Zakeet
Victim politics meets Big Brother-style technology, who would have thunk it?
Friday on MSNBC’s daytime programming, host Thomas Roberts explained that in the wake of revelations the iPhone tracks your movements with its operating software, minorities, specifically blacks and Latinos are most vulnerable, since they use their cell phones more than whites according to a Nielsen study.
“Alright, so one day after learning of a hidden iPhone feature that tracks your every single move, there’s new concern that tracking technology purchased by police can lead to racial profiling,” Roberts said. “You are looking at what’s called the ‘Universal Forensic Extraction Device.’
It can copy the entire content of a cell phone including text messages, contacts, GPS data and do it in just minutes. Michigan State Police purchased this device, though we don’t know how exactly they’re using it but civil liberties groups worry that the device endangers the privacy rights of blacks and Latinos.
A Nielsen study shows blacks talk on average twice as much each month on their cell phones as white counterparts.”
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