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Nate Freed Wessler
Staff attorney w/ Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. Views expressed here are my own. (PGP: 8B76 32AF 9136 DBC3 5AB2 F3FD D2FF E407 EC40 7F8F)
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Nate Freed Wessler 20 Std.
The Supreme Court’s Groundbreaking Privacy Victory for the Digital Age -- some initial thoughts on today's decision in Carpenter
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Nate Freed Wessler 20 Std.
And major props to the Carpenter legal dream team: , Harold Gurewitz, Mike Steinberg, and Jeff Fisher.
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Nate Freed Wessler 20 Std.
Antwort an @CatherineNCrump
This ruling was years in the making, and was the product of vital and committed work by many. Special recognition is due to , who pioneered the legal arguments that got us to the Supreme Court.
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Nate Freed Wessler 20 Std.
Today's decision from the Supreme Court in Carpenter v. US is a resounding victory for our privacy rights in the digital age. No longer can the government argue that the mere fact of using modern technology eliminates our Fourth Amendment protections.
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Laura Moy 11. Mai
Must-read story from about a service that enables law enforcement customers to get real-time location of *any phone in the country* just by typing in a phone number and self-certifying that they have the requisite legal authority.
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Nate Freed Wessler 11. Mai
Antwort an @jenvalentino
For more details, including an account of the Missouri sheriff who used Securus' location tracking system to illegally track the cell phones of a judge and state highway patrol officers, see 's NYT article
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Nate Freed Wessler 11. Mai
Antwort an @RonWyden
This revelation about creepy and illegal surveillance is brought to us by Senator , who is demanding action from the FCC and telecoms to end Securus' abuse of location data.
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Nate Freed Wessler 11. Mai
Company That Handles Prison Phone Calls Is Surveilling People Who Aren’t in Prison. Here's what's so disturbing and illegal about the cell phone location tracking free-for-all enabled by Securus.
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Nate Freed Wessler 10. Mai
Antwort an @NateWessler
More information about the case is here:
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Nate Freed Wessler 10. Mai
Great win: federal court denies government's motion to dismiss & challenge to warrantless and suspicionless searches of electronic devices at the border
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Nate Freed Wessler 9. Mai
Antwort an @NateWessler
Here's more on today's 4th Circuit ruling recognizing the need for Fourth Amendment protections against suspicionless searches of electronic devices at the border:
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Nate Freed Wessler 9. Mai
Antwort an @ACLU @bhandari_esha
.’s amicus brief in the case is here: The terrific argued the case to the Fourth Circuit last fall.
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Nate Freed Wessler 9. Mai
4th Circuit rules that in light of the immense privacy concerns, forensic searches of electronic devices seized at the border must be justified by individualized suspicion. US v. Kolsuz:
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Adam A. Marshall 30. Apr.
From docs obtained by re CBP's attempt to unmask : "The Customs admin summons was not intended for such a request. [...] We need to engage the USAO and see if a Grand Jury subpoena or equivalent is obtainable." Link to docs pt 2 here:
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Chad Marlow 26. Apr.
Local police are training their technologies on communities of color and allowing their data to be used by without public or elected officials' knowledge. Your community can fight back, but is it? Visit for more info.
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Carey Parker 24. Apr.
Wanna know whodunnit? Trying Googling for suspects! We've gotten a glimpse of what knows about us, but knows a LOT more - and law enforcement is turning to Google to find suspects. I discuss the privacy and legal implications with from .
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Nate Freed Wessler 19. Apr.
.'s on why independent oversight of digital searches is crucial, and why protections are needed in the Michael Cohen case, as elsewhere.
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ACLU 17. Apr.
Lots of lawyers are arguing over who should review all of the digital data seized from Michael Cohen. How the court decides this issue is not just of interest to the president and his lawyer, but to everyone.
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Nate Freed Wessler 9. Apr.
Antwort an @BJMendelson
You can email me at [email protected]
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ACLU 4. Apr.
50 years after the release of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Hal doesn’t feel like fantasy anymore. Artificial intelligence is making decisions about our lives, and the implications for civil liberties are real.
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