Tag: phone surveillance

Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 11, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of September 11th, 2020 Federal courts rule that reverse location requests by police violate the Fourth Amendment Law enforcement has previously used reverse location requests, otherwise known as geo fencing warrants, to ask tech companies like Google to provide a list of all smartphones located near the scene of … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 11, 2020”

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  • Feb 28, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Domestic phone surveillance program from the Patriot Act may finally see the grave

The Patriot Act was passed in the protectionist aftermath of 9/11, where the government decided to spy on its own citizens phone records under the guise of protecting against terrorism. When the Patriot Act was set to expire in 2015, Congress passed the USA Freedom Act which restored but barely modified several key surveillance provisions … Continue reading “Domestic phone surveillance program from the Patriot Act may finally see the grave”

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