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The Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement agencies needed a warrant to obtain cell site location info. The ability to turn third parties (like telcos) into proxy long-term tracking devices concerned the court, which decided this wasn't permissible under the Fourth Amendment. Every American carries a cellphone. But just because they do doesn't mean they…

Posts about biometric data written by Tim Cushing

There's only so much domestic surveillance the government can engage in before it starts running into problems. The Supreme Court's Carpenter decision strongly suggested gathering data in bulk to track people might run afoul of the Fourth Amendment. Lower courts have delivered a variety of opinions on the subject. Meanwhile, a few privacy-oriented legislators are…

Posts about michael contreras written by Tim Cushing

Law enforcement officers really enjoy performing warrantless searches. To get to that point, however, they need to be in certain places (airports, roadsides) and have one certain thing: "reasonable suspicion." But what seems "reasonable" to someone like you or me is nowhere near what seems "reasonable" to a law enforcement officer. For instance, behold the…

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Posts about optional written by Tim Cushing

Nearly a half-decade ago, the DHS began rolling out biometric scanning at international airports. The early efforts targeted foreign travelers, but it was always clear the DHS (and its underling, the TSA) ultimately desired facial recognition tech to be the status quo in US airports. The slow rollout that began with scanning foreigners' faces was…