Nathan Freed Wessler writes: The Drug Enforcement Administration is once again trying to access private prescription records of patients — this time in New Hampshire — without a warrant, despite a state law to the contrary. Today the ACLU filed a brief in support of the state of New Hampshire’s fight to defend the privacy…
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Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp sign open letter condemning GCHQ proposal to listen in on encrypted chats
Natasha Lomas reports: An international coalition of civic society organizations, security and policy experts and tech companies — including Apple, Google, Microsoft and WhatsApp — has penned a critical slap-down to a surveillance proposal made last year by the UK’s intelligence agency, warning it would undermine trust and security and threaten fundamental rights. “The GCHQ’s…
Federal Judge Hears Challenge to NSA ‘Upstream’ Spying
Jack Rodgers reports: On remand from the Fourth Circuit, a federal judge heard arguments Thursday in a challenge to the National Security Agency’s “upstream” surveillance of international and domestic text-based communications. Upstream surveillance, which the government argues is allowed under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, involves the NSA tapping into the physical…
E.D.Cal.: There’s no REP in the cell or room of the state’s mental hospital
I’m not sure I understand the court’s reasoning here. Or maybe I do understand but do not necessarily agree with it? Via FourthAmendment.com, their summary: There is no reasonable expectation of privacy in the cell or room of person under civil commitment. It’s not a jail and there are limited constitutional protections inside. Leonard v….