#LegalAF Judge Slaps #Trump #ICE with #TRO for #Violating #Immigrants #Constitutional #Rights - Judge Frimpong in LA just issued 2 TROs against Trump Admin #ICE #DHS to stop their violation of suspected #undocumented #immigrants #4thAmendment #rights against #illegal #search and #seizure and #5thAmendment rights to #legal counsel when #arrested. Click here to read the Judge's order: https://substack.com/redirect/5db2078f-36a7-446a-905b-839e716a4f59?j=eyJ1IjoiMjJ5NTBrIn0.oP2fUcNw-EU7zklYEMRQBh9oi2VHOHvW3ElcPQqG6aE #trump #maga #democracy #civilliberties #project2025 #pamBondi #kristinoem #police
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#CBP Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones
Customs and Border Protection is asking companies to pitch tools for performing deep analysis on the contents of devices seized at the US #border.
#privacy #4thamendment
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-wants-new-tech-to-search-for-hidden-data-on-seized-phones/
WIRED · CBP Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones
U.S. #Spy Agencies Get One-Stop Shop to Buy Highly Sensitive Personal Data
The government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people.
> considering the current administration and #ODNI incompetence, I assume it won’t take long till this marketplace gets #hacked
#privacy #4thamendment
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/22/intel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/
The Intercept · U.S. Spy Agencies Are Getting a One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Most Sensitive Personal Data
#Judge Rules Blanket Search of #CellTower Data #Unconstitutional
When #LEO request #towerdump, they ask #telecom for numbers and personal information of every single #phone connected to a tower during a time period. #Towerdumps can return tens of thousands of numbers.
Judge says tower dumps violate the #4thAmendment. The judge also ruled that the #cops could, this one time, still use the evidence they obtained through this unconstitutional search.
https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-blanket-search-of-cell-tower-data-unconstitutional/
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404 Media · Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data UnconstitutionalJudge says tower dumps violate the 4th amendment, but will let the cops do it this one time, as a treat.
#Trump Taps #Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
#AlexKarp , a co-founder and the chief executive of Palantir, at a forum in Washington in April. The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work across the federal government.
#privacy #security #surveillance #tracking #4thamendment #fourthamendment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html
The New York Times · Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
#Google tools for required for #classwork are allegedly being used to build data profiles of each #student
Google faces #lawsuit for #spying on #students through mandatory #Chromebook use
Google also accused of operating on government's behalf, which would make data acquisition a potential constitutional violation, under #4thAmendment. It is also accused of violating a handful of other acts including #CIPA,Federal #WiretapAct, as well as the #COPPA.
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/google-chrome/google-tools-for-required-for-classwork-are-allegedly-being-used-to-build-data-profiles-of-each-student
#privacy #surveillance
Tom's Hardware · Google tools required for classwork are allegedly being used to build data profiles of each student
#Montana Becomes First State to Close the Law Enforcement #DataBroker #Loophole
Montana … has just enacted the first attempt to close the dreaded, invasive, #unconstitutional , but easily fixed “data broker loophole.” This is a very good step in the right direction because right now, across the country, law enforcement routinely purchases information on individuals it would otherwise need a #warrant to obtain.
#privacy #security #4thamendment #rights
Electronic Frontier Foundation · Montana Becomes First State to Close the Law Enforcement Data Broker LoopholeMontana has done something that many states and the United States Congress have debated but failed to do: it has just enacted the first attempt to close the dreaded, invasive, unconstitutional, but easily fixed “data broker loophole.” This is a very good step in the right direction because right...
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How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US #Border
Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.
#privacy #security #cbp #4thAmendment
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protect-yourself-from-phone-searches-at-the-us-border/
WIRED · How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border
A judge in Nevada has ruled that “tower dumps”— the law enforcement practice of grabbing vast troves of private personal data from cell towers — is unconstitutional. Read more at @404media. #DataPrivacy #4thAmendment #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/76ymUv
404 Media · Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data UnconstitutionalJudge says tower dumps violate the 4th amendment, but will let the cops do it this one time, as a treat.
Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data #Unconstitutional
A judge in #Nevada has ruled that “tower dumps”—the law enforcement practice of grabbing vast troves of private personal data from cell towers—is unconstitutional. The judge also ruled that the cops could, this one time, still use the evidence they obtained through this unconstitutional search.
#privacy #4thamendment #surveillance
https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-blanket-search-of-cell-tower-data-unconstitutional/
404 Media · Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data UnconstitutionalJudge says tower dumps violate the 4th amendment, but will let the cops do it this one time, as a treat.
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No penalties even when deputies share a woman’s nudes after an illegal phone search
#privacy #security #4thamendment
Ars Technica · No warrant or crimes—but Oregon woman’s nudes were shared after illegal phone search
So, y’all remember a little while back I reminded you that the CTA, enacted as part of broader anti-money laundering efforts, mandates small businesses and indie contractors to disclose their beneficial ownership information to the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and had to be done by EOY or we were going to face extreme fines?
It was just ruled unconstitutional, and a temporary injunction to stop enforcement has been ordered. So, what does that mean for you, small businesses owner or independent contractor? That depends on what compliance you have already done. The National Law Review has you covered:
National Law Review · Court Issues a Nationwide Injunction Against the Corporate Transparency Act
'FYI. A #Warrant Isn’t Needed': #SecretService Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With #Location Data
The Secret Service has used a technology called #LocateX which uses location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on phones. Because users agreed to an opaque terms of service page, the Secret Service believes it doesn't need a warrant.
https://www.404media.co/fyi-a-warrant-isnt-needed-secret-service-says-you-agreed-to-be-tracked-with-location-data/ #privacy #surveillance #FourthAmendment #4thAmendment
404 Media · 'FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed': Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location DataThe Secret Service has used a technology called Locate X which uses location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on phones. Because users agreed to an opaque terms of service page, the Secret Service believes it doesn't need a warrant.
Chase DiFeliciantonio: Bay Area cities are monitored by #AI car-tracking cameras. A lawsuit says they’re unconstitutional
"The San Francisco Police Department’s high-tech answer to catching thieves and other criminals is facing a challenge in a federal court after a nonprofit filed suit against the maker of Flock Safety license plate reading cameras.
Filed in a #Virginia federal court Monday by the public interest law firm Institute for Justice, the suit alleges the pervasive “dragnet” created by the cameras violates Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches.
The suit names two residents of Virginia cities Norfolk and Portsmouth as plaintiffs, claiming the installation of the cameras where they live makes it impossible for them to move about the city by car without having their movements logged by the system."
#sfbayarea #Surveillance #sanfrancisco #california #4thamendment
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/flock-safety-19852696.php
@eff to #TenthCircuit : Protest-Related Arrests Do Not Justify Dragnet Device and Digital Data Searches
#privacy #security #arrest #fourthamendment #4thamendment
Electronic Frontier Foundation · EFF to Tenth Circuit: Protest-Related Arrests Do Not Justify Dragnet Device and Digital Data SearchesThe case, Armendariz v. City of Colorado Springs, challenges device and data seizures and searches conducted by the Colorado Springs police after a 2021 housing rights march that the police deemed “illegal.” The plaintiffs in the case, Jacqueline Armendariz and a local organization called the Chinook Center, argue these searches violated their civil rights.
Reason.com · Courts Close the Loophole Letting the Feds Search Your Phone at the Border
The #UN #Cybercrime Draft Convention is a Blank Check for #Surveillance Abuses
#privacy #fourthamendment #4thamendment
Electronic Frontier Foundation · The UN Cybercrime Draft Convention is a Blank Check for Surveillance AbusesThis is the second post in a series highlighting the problems and flaws in the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention. Check out our detailed analysis on the criminalization of security research activities under the proposed convention.The United Nations Ad Hoc Committee is just weeks away from...