Elinor Mills reports: Police did not violate the privacy rights of a Washington state man who responded to a text message from the iPhone of his suspected drug dealer only to get arrested on drug charges after arranging to meet up, a Washington appeals court says. Read more on CNET. Have I mentioned recently that…
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Twitter ruling disappoints, but doesn’t surprise privacy advocates
More reactions to the Twitter ruling that denied a user standing to challenge a subpoena to produce his records. Jaikumar Vijayan reports: … The court rejected Harris’ claims because the data sought by prosecutors belonged to Twitter, not him. The court asserted that Harris therefore had no standing to challenge the subpoena. Read the reactions…
Fourth Amendment Gone to the Dogs—and to Lasers?!
Jim Harper writes: For all their use by law enforcement across the country, drug-sniffing dogs haven’t gotten a lot of consideration in the Supreme Court. In a pair of cases next fall, though, the Court seems likely to give them some attention. Florida v. Harris is one of the cases it has taken. Harris will examine “[w]hether an alert…
Judge Finds No Constitutional Violation in Producing Tweets
Andrew Keshner reports: Twitter must produce tweets and user information of an Occupy Wall Street protester, a judge has ruled, discounting objections from the social media website in a case of first impression. “The Constitution gives you the right to post, but as numerous people have learned, there are still consequences for your public posts….