David Kravets reports: California Gov. Jerry Brown is vetoing legislation requiring police to obtain a court warrant to search the mobile phones of suspects at the time of any arrest. The Sunday veto, announced Monday, means that when police arrest anybody in the Golden State, they may search that person’s mobile phone — which in…
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Justice Department ramps up WikiLeaks e-mail probe
Declan McCullagh reports: The U.S. Department of Justice has expanded its investigation of WikiLeaks-related accounts to encompass Google and Internet provider Sonic.net. Both companies received secret court orders directing them to turn over information from the e-mail account of Jacob Appelbaum, a hacker and human rights activist who has been affiliated with WikiLeaks, the Wall…
Farewell to a private man living in a very public world
There is much to be said about the life and death of Steve Jobs. I will leave most of it to Apple’s many fans. A lthough I have used Apple products since 1983 on and off and have always recognized Steve Jobs as a tech visionary, it has only been in the last few years…
Privacy advocates’ amicus brief in United States v. Jones
CDT has uploaded the amicus brief filed by itself, EFF, Matt Blaze, Andrew J. Blumberg, Roger L. Easton, and Norman M. Sadeh in United States v. Jones, a case that asks whether a warrant is required under the Fourth Amendment to attach a GPS device to a vehicle. You can read the brief here. As I…