{"id":52572,"date":"2023-06-30T19:40:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T19:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/cops-told-er-no-you-need-a-wiretap-order-if-you-want-real-time-facebook-snooping\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T19:40:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T19:40:13","slug":"cops-told-er-no-you-need-a-wiretap-order-if-you-want-real-time-facebook-snooping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/cops-told-er-no-you-need-a-wiretap-order-if-you-want-real-time-facebook-snooping\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops told: Er, no, you need a wiretap order if you want real-time Facebook snooping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey cops must apply for a wiretap order \u2014 not just a warrant \u2014 for near-continual snooping on suspects&#8217; Facebook accounts, according to a unanimous ruling by that US state&#8217;s Supreme Court.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s decision overturned a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/newjerseymonitor.com\/briefs\/authorities-dont-need-wiretap-order-to-get-some-facebook-messages-court-rules\/\">lower court&#8217;s ruling<\/a> that said a search warrant was sufficient to compel Meta&#8217;s social network to turn over access to a user&#8217;s future posts and messages every 15 minutes for a period of 30 days. That&#8217;s effectively a real-time tapping system, it was argued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The state argues that because of the brief 15-minute delay involved, it is obtaining &#8216;stored communications&#8217; rather than intercepting live ones, so fewer safeguards apply. We do not agree,&#8221; the Garden State&#8217;s Supremes said [<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njcourts.gov\/system\/files\/court-opinions\/2023\/a_61_21_a_7_22.pdf\">PDF<\/a>], noting that this would make New Jersey the only state in America to permit this practice.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2ZJ8wO8zXhPYFwmiTaIu3DQAAABA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2ZJ8wO8zXhPYFwmiTaIu3DQAAABA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>This type of near-real-time access to Facebook users&#8217; communications &#8220;invokes heightened privacy protections,&#8221; the top court argued. &#8220;We also find that the nearly contemporaneous acquisition of electronic communications here is the functional equivalent of wiretap surveillance and is therefore entitled to greater constitutional protection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44ZJ8wO8zXhPYFwmiTaIu3DQAAABA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44ZJ8wO8zXhPYFwmiTaIu3DQAAABA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33ZJ8wO8zXhPYFwmiTaIu3DQAAABA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33ZJ8wO8zXhPYFwmiTaIu3DQAAABA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The case dates back to March 2021 when two law enforcement agencies \u2014&nbsp;New Jersey State Police and the Atlantic County Sheriff&#8217;s Office \u2014 applied for and were granted&nbsp;communications data warrants (CDWs) to obtain real-time data from two Facebook account holders. One was under investigation for drug-related offenses, and the other for drugs and gang involvement.<\/p>\n<p>Both CDWs sought names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses associated with accounts, as is usual. But they also wanted &#8220;stored electronic communications,&#8221; which included &#8220;real time access to email with attachments, whether opened or unopened&#8221;; &#8220;private messaging content&#8221;; and &#8220;real time access to media uploaded to the account[s],&#8221; including images, videos, audio files, and &#8220;the contents of private messages in all message folders.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44ZJ8wO8zXhPYFwmiTaIu3DQAAABA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44ZJ8wO8zXhPYFwmiTaIu3DQAAABA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Additionally, the CDW Atlantic County wanted specifically requested Messenger chats, while the state police wanted &#8220;posts, comments, [and] messages.&#8221; This may be useful, but anyone using Messenger to run a criminal empire must be several gargoyles short of a full cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>The warrants directed the social media giant to disclose both historical and future communications for the next 30 days in &#8220;real time.&#8221; That&#8217;s a lot of data.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook turned the historical data over to the cops, but fought back against the future communications part, arguing that it was an attempt to bypass state and federal wiretap laws.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The police and lower court, however, said the wiretap order was only needed if, or when, they ordered the social media giant to intercept communications. Since the messages were technically stored on Facebook&#8217;s servers, as opposed to being actively transmitted, they weren&#8217;t in flight, the argument went.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, Facebook prevailed.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33ZJ8wO8zXhPYFwmiTaIu3DQAAABA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33ZJ8wO8zXhPYFwmiTaIu3DQAAABA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Civil liberties and digital rights groups including the ACLU, Center for Democracy &amp; Technology, Electronic Privacy Information Center, and Electronic Frontier Foundation filed friend-of-the-court briefs [<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-09-CDT-Brief-in-Facebook-v-New-Jersey.pdf\">PDF<\/a>] in support of Facebook &#8211; not something that happens every day. So did Microsoft and Google, which are also no strangers to law enforcement <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/transparencyreport.google.com\/user-data\/overview?hl=en_US&amp;user_requests_report_period=series:requests,accounts;authority:US;time:&amp;lu=user_requests_report_period\">subpoenaing user information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two tech giants argued that no other law enforcement agencies outside of New Jersey have sought ongoing future surveillance of electronic communications based on a warrant. Other states making similar requests must be granted wiretap orders.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the New Jersey Supreme Court agreed. Letting wiretapping get a semi-free pass is not a Jersey Thing it seems. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2023\/06\/30\/new_jersey_cops_facebook_wiretap\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Privacy: It&#8217;s a Jersey Thing New Jersey cops must apply for a wiretap order \u2014 not just a warrant \u2014 for near-continual snooping on suspects&#8217; Facebook accounts, according to a unanimous ruling by that US state&#8217;s Supreme Court.\u00a0\u2026 READ MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-register"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin 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