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#4thAmendment

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PrivacyDigest

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

theintercept.com/2025/05/22/in

The Intercept · U.S. Spy Agencies Are Getting a One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Most Sensitive Personal DataBy Sam Biddle
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#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.
404media.co/judge-rules-blanke
archive.ph/Rtc6I

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.
PrivacyDigest

#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

nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technol

Alex Karp, 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.
The New York Times · Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on AmericansBy Sheera Frenkel
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#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.
tomshardware.com/software/goog
#privacy #surveillance

Tom's Hardware · Google tools required for classwork are allegedly being used to build data profiles of each studentBy Ash Hill
PrivacyDigest

#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

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/mont

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...
Regina Kammer

ICE agents can break into homes without a warrant to arrest migrants based on little more than suspicion according to the March 14 directive signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi to give law enforcement nationwide the power to bypass basic constitutional protections.
dailyboulder.com/ice-can-now-e
#FourthAmendment #FifthAmendment #4thAmendment #5thAmendment #ICE #FascismInTheUSA #Immigration

ICE Can Now Enter Your Home Without a Warrant to Find Migrants, DOJ Memo Says
The Daily Boulder · ICE Can Now Enter Your Home Without a Warrant to Look for Migrants, DOJ Memo SaysA new memo from the Trump administration reveals something shocking: ICE agents have been told they can enter homes without a warrant to arrest migrants, based on little more than suspicion.
gr8commandment

The Constitution Study podcast: 470 - Automatic License Plate Readers buff.ly/BVLP5zl #Consitution #4thAmendment #IllegalSearch #government #rights

buff.lyThe Constitution Study podcast: 470 - Automatic License Plate ReadersThere will always be tension between our desire for privacy and safety. We're all for privacy, until we find that an invasion of said privacy could have stopped some terrible event. But are we willing to trade our privacy for safety? “They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security.” --Benjamin Franklin In the case of SCHOLL and BEDNARZ v. Illinois State Police the privacy question revolves around automatic license place readers (ALPRs) and what makes a search reasonable.
PrivacyDigest

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

wired.com/story/how-to-protect

WIRED · How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US BorderBy Lily Hay Newman
PrivacyDigest

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

404media.co/judge-rules-blanke

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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