From EPIC: EPIC filed a “friend of the court” brief, urging a federal appeals court to protect the privacy of innocent individuals who were inadvertently recorded on federal wiretaps. In SEC v. Rajaratnam, a trial court judge ordered disclosure of all wiretaps conducted in a criminal investigation, even though a court has yet to rule…
Category: Surveillance
Strip-searched: Lost iPhone probe shows why search warrants should never be used on journalists
Peter Scheer, a lawyer and journalist, is Executive Director of the First Amendment Coalition, comments: … Use of a search warrant against journalists is devastating because it demonstrates that they can’t keep that crucial promise–it is beyond their power. And the damage is not confined to the journalist who is the subject of a warrant,…
There’s Something About ECPA
Larry Downes writes: I write in “The Laws of Disruption” of the risk of unintended consequences that regulators run in legislating emerging technologies. Because the pace of change for these technologies is so much faster than it is for law, the likelihood of defining a legal problem and crafting a solution that will address it…
Install microchips in illegal immigrants, GOP candidate says
Jason Hancock reports: Instead of building a border fence to help stem illegal immigration, the U.S. government should implant microchips into immigrants before deportation, much like what is done with pets, Pat Bertroche, an Urbandale physician and one of seven Republicans running in the 3rd District Congressional primary, said Monday. While speaking at a Tama…