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Cell-phones just got worse. Arrests for sex crimes falling.

• CHILD MOLESTERS: Arrests for sex crimes falling

  A bit related to some discussions previously occurring on this blog. “Arrests for sex offenses have been dropping steadily for almost a decade.”

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• TECHNOLOGY WAR: Federal officials are routinely asking courts to order cellphone companies to furnish real-time tracking data — often without probable cause. Most judges give this info even if no probable cause supplied.

  “Most people don’t realize it, but they’re carrying a tracking device in their pocket,” said Kevin Bankston of the EFF. “Cellphones can reveal very precise information about your location, and yet legal protections are very much up in the air.”

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