Carpenter v. United States
MembersYour Town for $300M: Surveillance State, On Sale
Buried beneath the law-and-order slogans is a procurement list that doubles as the blueprint for permanent surveillance.
MembersThe US Government Built a Tracking Bazaar and Adversaries Went Shopping
The government spent years defending a market that sells anyone’s location to anyone with money and the bill just came due in a war zone.
The Surveillance Accountability Act Demands Warrants for Data
The silent handoff from your bank, your carrier, and your ISP to the federal government would finally stop happening behind your back.
Virginia Court Upholds Norfolk Police License Plate Camera Use
The ruling narrows the Fourth Amendment’s reach for now, but leaves its future boundaries uncertain.
MembersHow Digital Convenience Becomes a Government Backdoor
The Supreme Court’s silence keeps 20th-century privacy rules firmly in place while 21st-century surveillance marches on.
Fifth Circuit Affirms Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Cloud Storage in Dropbox Case
The ruling redraws the boundary lines for state surveillance in the cloud era with a thick constitutional marker.
MembersPrivacy Ends Where the Cell Tower Begins
The judge ruled tower dumps unconstitutional, then greenlit the evidence they dragged in anyway.
Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Flock Safety Surveillance in Norfolk to Proceed
The lawsuit challenges whether AI-powered surveillance cameras, automated license plate readers, and data retention practices violate constitutional privacy rights in Norfolk.
MembersSecret Service Claims You Consented to Location Tracking
They think they don’t need a warrant for your data.
MembersAd Tracking Data Is Fueling The Intelligence Community
Despite new “safeguards,” intelligence agencies continue buying sensitive personal data from brokers, sparking privacy concerns.
FBI admits to buying geolocation data
Seemingly by obtaining data without a warrant.
Intelligence agencies bypass the need for warrants by buying data harvested from smartphones
Some of the most popular apps on people’s smartphones are harvesting this data.