March 13, 2020

Homeland Security sued over secretive use of face recognition

As of June 2019, CBP had processed more than 20 million travelers using facial recognition, civil rights group ACLU says.

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November 14, 2019

Warrantless searches of devices at US borders ruled unconstitutional

The border is NOT a constitution-free zone, according to the ruling: No more suspicionless fishing expeditions into travelers' devices.

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September 10, 2019

Google & Apple pushed to reveal gun scope app users’ names to feds

It's a first: The government has never demanded personal data of a single app's users from Apple & Google.

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May 02, 2019

DHS policies allow unlimited, warrantless device search

Newly revealed policies show border agents can search devices for pretty much any reason, including if some other agency asked them to.

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November 13, 2018

DEA and ICE hiding cameras in streetlights and traffic barrels

Drug and immigration cops in the US are buying surveillance cameras to hide in streetlights and traffic barrels.

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July 03, 2018

Immigrant identity thief and ICE lawyer gets four years

A former high-ranking lawyer at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is going to jail for four years after stealing the identities of US immigrants.

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February 02, 2018

California says no, you can’t cover your license plate

The now-rejected SB-712 bill was meant to protect location data privacy from the spying electronic eyes of automated license plate readers

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April 01, 2015

Feds subpoena Reddit for personal info of dark web forum members

The subpoena demands information on five users of the Darknet Markets subreddit, all of whom discussed the recent fall of Evolution, a mega-mart for drugs.

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