Jim Harper writes: If the government put a GPS monitor on your car and used it to track every vehicular movement of yours for four weeks, do you think that would violate your Fourth Amendment rights? The government would like to be able to do that kind of thing without getting a warrant, and the…
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SCOTUS passes up chance to rule on whether a cellphone search of arrestees requires a warrant
The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that the police can search text messages from an arrested criminal suspect’s cell phone without obtaining a warrant. The justices refused to review the California Supreme Court ruling that upheld the search on the grounds that defendants lose their privacy rights for any items they are…
Illinois Eavesdropping Act Shields Public Officials From Public Scrutiny
Jacob Sullivan comments on an a On Jan. 13, 2009, Michael Allison brought a digital recorder to the Crawford County Courthouse in Robinson, Ill., where he was contesting a citation, because he had been told there would be no official transcript of the proceedings. He was immediately confronted by Judge Kimbara Harrell, who accused him…
PA: Chesco man charged with cyber spying on wife
Another case of criminal charges over domestic spying. Kathleen Brady Shea reports: A Tredyffrin Township man has been accused of cyber spying on his estranged wife. Jay Anthony Ciccarone, 39, was charged Monday night with unlawful use of a computer and related offenses. He allegedly installed “Web Watcher,” a spyware package, on the woman’s…