Isabela Weiss reports: In Lewisburg, residents say their local officials violated their right to privacy through their complicated Social Gathering Ordinance. The ordinance requires residents to file five business days in advance for a permit to hold gatherings with 25 or more people if alcohol is served. Residents reached out to the Pennsylvania American Civil…
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T-Mobile sued after employee stole nude images from customer phone during trade-in
Gabrielle Fonrouge reports: T-Mobile is once again being accused of failing to protect sensitive consumer data after an employee at one of its retail stores stole nude images from a customer’s phone when she came to trade in an old device, according to a lawsuit filed Friday. The incident is similar to at least eight others levied against T-Mobile in…
LexisNexis Sold Powerful Spy Tools to U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Sam Biddle reports: The popular data broker LexisNexis began selling face recognition services and personal location data to U.S. Customs and Border Protection late last year, according to contract documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. According to the documents, obtained by the advocacy group Just Futures Law and shared with The Intercept, LexisNexis Risk…
EFF to Supreme Court: Fifth Amendment Protects People from Being Forced to Enter or Hand Over Cell Phone Passcodes to the Police
[Press Release, November 16, 2023] Lower Court Ruling Undermining Protections Against Self Incrimination Should Be Reversed WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling undermining Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination and find that constitutional safeguards prevent police from forcing people to provide or use passcodes for their cell phones…