Josh Russell reports: Demanding to see the paper trail, the ACLU complained in federal court Wednesday that the Trump administration is staying mum about its efforts to track immigrants’ movements using cellphone location data. “While it has been widely reported that defendant agencies are acquiring this highly sensitive data without warrants, little is known about how they…
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Law enforcement is using location tracking on mobile devices to identify suspects, but is it unconstitutional?
Wendy Davis writes: On May 20, 2019, a man wearing sunglasses, jeans and a reflective vest entered the Call Federal Credit Union in Midlothian, Virginia, brandished a gun and demanded cash. He made off with $195,000. Four months later, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted 24-year-old Okello Chatrie for the robbery. Authorities arrested Chatrie after…
IRS Could Search Warrantless Location Database Over 10,000 Times
Joseph Cox reports: The IRS was able to query a database of location data quietly harvested from ordinary smartphone apps over 10,000 times, according to a copy of the contract between IRS and the data provider obtained by Motherboard. The document provides more insight into what exactly the IRS wanted to do with a tool…
While you’ve been shopping for masks, the government has been looking to strip you of more privacy
We’ve all noted the increase in surveillance during the pandemic, especially with use of location data for track and trace. But while you were looking over THERE, the government is quietly looking to expand other surveillance systems. Felipe De La Hoz reports: Through a little-discussed potential bureaucratic rule change, the Department of Homeland Security is planning…