Tag: fourth amendment
  • Feb 16, 2021 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

The US Government can search your phone at the border without a warrant

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ruled that border security doesn’t need a warrant to do a digital search of your device at borders. The court decision reverses a 2019 decision in the case of Alasaad v. Wolf which held that both basic searches and advanced analytics searches of phones required … Continue reading “The US Government can search your phone at the border without a warrant”

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  • Jan 25, 2021 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Defense Intelligence Agency gathered US smartphone location data without a warrant

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is the most recent government agency that has been revealed to gather US smartphone location data without a warrant. This most recent revelation that the government has been ignoring the 2018 Supreme Court ruling Carpenter v. United States which made it so that government agencies required a warrant to get … Continue reading “Defense Intelligence Agency gathered US smartphone location data without a warrant”

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  • Nov 30, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Senator Wyden to introduce legislation to stop the IRS from spying on Americans

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been in hot water and under investigation by its oversight body for buying location information on American citizens without a warrant. Motherboard has seen the contract between Venntel and the IRS that confirms how the IRS was spying on American citizens. Now, Senator Wyden has unveiled plans to introduce … Continue reading “Senator Wyden to introduce legislation to stop the IRS from spying on Americans”

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  • Sep 2, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Federal appeals court finds the NSA’s mass surveillance of American phone records was illegal

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has just ruled that the “NSA’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone records was illegal.” For years, the NSA has conducted a domestic mass surveillance program on Americans’ phone records with little to no resistance from other arms of the government but lots of resistance from … Continue reading “Federal appeals court finds the NSA’s mass surveillance of American phone records was illegal”

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  • Nov 13, 2019 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Federal court rules that the Fourth Amendment protects your laptops and smartphones from suspicionless searches at the border

A federal court in Boston has ruled that suspicionless searches of the smartphones and laptops of travelers violates the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) worked together to achieve this new precedent. The ACLU released the welcome news on November 12th, calling the court … Continue reading “Federal court rules that the Fourth Amendment protects your laptops and smartphones from suspicionless searches at the border”

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Privacy-Decimating CLOUD Act Sneaked Into US Spending Bill

House Republicans voted Thursday to pass a $1.3 trillion, 2,232-page spending bill. The bill was rushed through so quickly that — quite conveniently — no one actually had time to read it before voting on it. President Trump has signed this bill. It should come as no surprise that lawmakers used the omnibus as an … Continue reading “Privacy-Decimating CLOUD Act Sneaked Into US Spending Bill”

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  • Aug 5, 2016 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

FBI violated the Fourth Amendment while recording 214 hours of audio at a California courthouse, according to Federal Judge

According to a recent ruling by a Federal Judge in the Ninth District Courts, the FBI violated the Fourth Amendment when obtaining 214 hours of audio recordings. The offending surveillance occurred at the San Mateo County courthouse in 2009 and 2010. The FBI set up multiple concealed microphones around the courthouse at entrances as part of an investigation … Continue reading “FBI violated the Fourth Amendment while recording 214 hours of audio at a California courthouse, according to Federal Judge”

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  • Jul 15, 2016 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

Fourth Amendment Caucus defeats Patriot Act expansion in Congress

Days ago, the Fourth Amendment Caucus, a collection of 25 House Representatives, managed to block an expansion of the Patriot Act surveillance measures in Congress. HR 5606, unironically called the “Anti-Terrorism Information Sharing Is Strength Act” failed to attain a ⅔ supermajority and pass the floor. Edward Snowden famously told NBC in an interview that, “The … Continue reading “Fourth Amendment Caucus defeats Patriot Act expansion in Congress”

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