Category Archives: Surveillance technology

Bloomberg Law: Bootleggers, Cops, and Cars: How Driving Became a Privacy Trap

Bloomberg Law: Bootleggers, Cops, and Cars: How Driving Became a Privacy Trap by Cassandre Coyer, Tonya Riley & Jorja Siemons about automatic license plate readers in Norfolk VA. A subheading: “Data a Modern Car Can Collect”:

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NYTimes: This Company’s Surveillance Tech Makes Immigrants ‘Easy Pickings’ for Trump

NYTimes: This Company’s Surveillance Tech Makes Immigrants ‘Easy Pickings’ for Trump By Paul Mozyr, Adam Satariano & Aaron Krolik (“Geo Group, a private prison firm that makes digital tools to track immigrants, becomes one of the Trump administration’s big business … Continue reading

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LAT: A rich L.A. neighborhood donated surveillance technology to the LAPD — then drama ensued

LAT: A rich L.A. neighborhood donated surveillance technology to the LAPD — then drama ensued by Libor Jany:

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Mother Jones: The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI

Mother Jones: The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI by Luke O’Brien (“Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now … Continue reading

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TheStreet: Google’s Waymo is planning a move that’s downright creepy

TheStreet: Google’s Waymo is planning a move that’s downright creepy by Colette Bennett:

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U.S. House Hearing April 8th: A Continued Pattern of Government Surveillance of U.S. Citizens

U.S. House Hearing April 8th: A Continued Pattern of Government Surveillance of U.S. Citizens:

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FDNV: Primer on Persistent Surveillance

Federal Defender of Nevada: Primer on Persistent Surveillance (Mar. 28, 2025):

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ARS Technica: Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28

ARS Technica: Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28 by Scharon Harding:

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The Intercept: DEA Insiders Warned About Legality of Phone Tracking Program. Their Concerns Were Kept Secret.

The Intercept: DEA Insiders Warned About Legality of Phone Tracking Program. Their Concerns Were Kept Secret. (“The DEA ignored the internal alarm about its Hemisphere mass phone data collection program, according to newly revealed details in a government report.”) It … Continue reading

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Reason: Taking $200 Out of an ATM Should Not Trigger Federal Financial Surveillance: No, not even if you do it in a county that borders Mexico.

Reason: Taking $200 Out of an ATM Should Not Trigger Federal Financial Surveillance: No, not even if you do it in a county that borders Mexico. by Joe Lancaster (“One of President Donald Trump’s Day 1 executive orders designated ‘certain … Continue reading

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GA: SW for air bag module and vehicle black box issued with PC and was particular

This search warrant for the Airbag Control Modules and the vehicle’s black box was issued on probable cause and was particular in a vehicular homicide case. Hutchins v. State, 2025 Ga. App. LEXIS 134 (Mar. 13, 2025):

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New Law Review: Orin S. Kerr, Data Scanning and the Fourth Amendment

Orin S. Kerr, Data Scanning and the Fourth Amendment, Stanford Law School Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series (Mar. 12, 2025): Abstract:

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The Guardian: ICE accessed car trackers in sanctuary cities that could help in raids, files show

The Guardian: ICE accessed car trackers in sanctuary cities that could help in raids, files show by Johana Bhuiyan:

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Reason: Detroit Police Wrongly Arrested Woman After Facial Recognition Tech Misidentified Her as Shooting Culprit

Reason: Detroit Police Wrongly Arrested Woman After Facial Recognition Tech Misidentified Her as Shooting Culprit by Emma Camp (“Last year, Detroit police wrongly arrested LaDonna Crutchfield after facial recognition software incorrectly identified her as the culprit of a shooting, according … Continue reading

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ABA: Considering Face Value: The Complex Legal Implications of Facial Recognition Technology

Michael Christopher Naught, Considering Face Value: The Complex Legal Implications of Facial Recognition Technology (ABA Criminal Justice Jan. 20, 2025): The increasing adoption of FRT and AI necessitates careful examination of their legal and ethical ramifications. These cutting-edge technologies raise … Continue reading

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ABA CJ: Predictive Policing Algorithms and the Fourth Amendment

Dominic A. Weiss, Predictive Policing Algorithms and the Fourth Amendment, ABA Criminal Justice 15 (Winter 2025) Leveraging Predictive Policing Algorithms to Restore Fourth Amendment Protections in High-Crime Areas in a Post-Wardlow World by Kelly Koss. Abstract:

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E.D.Mo.: No claim where no damages shown for alleged unreasonable dog sniff; nothing was found, detention was otherwise reasonable

Officers were surveilling a van that they believed might have a connection to an unsolved homicide. They observed what appeared to be hand-to-hand drug transactions, and the van’s LPN was expired. They approached. There were others around the van, and … Continue reading

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W.D.Pa.: Hidden bodycams used to record conversations in unmarked police cars between officers violated REP

Hidden bodycams used to record conversations in unmarked police cars between officers violated a reasonable expectation of privacy and likely Title III. Baker v. City of Pittsburgh, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2157 (W.D. Pa. Jan. 6, 2025). The search of … Continue reading

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Wired: License Plate Readers Are Leaking Real-Time Video Feeds and Vehicle Data

Wired: License Plate Readers Are Leaking Real-Time Video Feeds and Vehicle Data (“This trove of real-time vehicle data, collected by one of Motorola’s [automated license-plate-recognition] systems, is meant to be accessible by law enforcement. However, a flaw discovered by a … Continue reading

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E.D.La.: ALPR tracking of def’s vehicle to connect to a robbery wasn’t 4A violation

Defendant’s argument ALPR tracking of her vehicle connecting it and her to a Hobbs Act bar robbery in New Orleans is akin to CSLI is rejected. There aren’t that many cameras in the city, and the information produced was really … Continue reading

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