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Reining in Police Monitoring of Social Media by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Social media has revolutionized connectivity, allowing people to develop and maintain relationships well beyond what was possible just a generation earlier. The revolution has, however, enabled the joint planning, execution, and documentation of crimes. It is …
Law Enforcement Obscures Use of Facial Recognition Technology by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford According to an investigative report conducted by the Washington Post and follow-up reporting on TechDirt.com, police departments nationwide are hiding the fact that they are identifying criminal suspects using facial recognition software. A Washington Post article …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from CLN March, 2025
A Gift America Can’t Return: The Police State Is America’s New Crime Boss by John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead by John & Nisha Whitehead "There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.”—Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear …
Article • February 1, 2025 • from CLN February, 2025
Chicago’s Police Body Cam Transparency by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Police body cameras were full of promise. After several high-profile police killings, people turned to body cams for a solution. It makes sense. Cameras were already recording an increasing number of incidents as civilians witnessed events that poorly …
Article • February 1, 2025 • from CLN February, 2025
Careful What You Search For by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Don’t ask Google this simple question: “Are Bengal cats legal in Australia?” That is the gist of an urgent warning on cybersecurity firm Sophos’ website. People who have clicked on the resulting links have had their personal information …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from CLN January, 2025
You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It by John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead by John & Nisha Whitehead "He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or good So be good for goodness’ …
Federal Law Enforcement Using Banks to Circumvent Warrant Requirement in Surveilling Sensitive Financial Data of Americans by James Mills by James Mills Federal law enforcement agencies have been gathering sensitive financial information of American citizens by manipulating the Suspicious Activity Report (“SAR”) system, according to the House Judiciary Committee. The …
Article • December 1, 2024 • from CLN December, 2024
Chula Vista’s Police Drones by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson The Federal Aviation Administration has relaxed its rules so that drones can be flown beyond line-of-sight by certain groups such as cops, firefighters, and even construction companies. Some policing agencies are choosing drones that only point the camera down …
Cell-Site Simulator Proposal: A Glimpse Inside the Black Box Whose Secrets Are Protected by NDAs and Obfuscation by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson The cell-site simulator (“CSS”) is a powerful and largely unregulated device once designed for military intelligence use that has found its way onto the streets of …
The FBI Really Doesn’t Want the Public to Know About This Surveillance Device by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson The American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) successfully sued for access to FBI information regarding cell-site simulators (“CSS”). For years, the FBI has used nondisclosure agreements (“NDA”) to hide their use …
Article • September 1, 2024 • from CLN September, 2024
The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies from A to Z by John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead by John & Nisha Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute—Commentary “As I look at America today, I am not afraid to say that I am afraid.” —Former presidential advisor Bertram Gross The American governmental …
Article • August 1, 2024 • from CLN August, 2024
Down with Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes a Mockery of the Constitution by John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead by John & Nisha Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute—Commentary “Whether he wrote DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, or whether he refrained from writing it, made no difference … The Thought Police would get him …
Big Money and Massive Surveillance: The Finance Industry’s Partnership With Federal Law Enforcement by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on the Judiciary (“Committee “) released a report on March 6, 2024, entitled “Financial Surveillance in the United States: How Federal Law Enforcement Commandeered Financial …
Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024
UN Human Rights Committee Report: ICE Electronic Data Surveillance Practices Violate Human Rights Law by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Thomas Clarke The Human Rights Committee (“HRC”) of the United Nations, an independent body that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”), issued a report on …
Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024
Surveillance Tech Companies Compose Self-Promoting Press Releases for Cops That Media Lazily Regurgitates by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke There is nothing new about corporations that produce technology designed to enable law enforcement surveillance (snoop tech) composing press releases for law enforcement that promote both the brand and the …
Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024
‘Asian Nazis’ Be Damned: Cops Coveting AI for 2024 by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson   In 2023, the general public became aware of the impending emergence of Artificial General Intelligence. It was not long after ChatGPT 3.5 became public that Americans began to understand the remarkable technology is …
Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024
What’s in a Name: ShotSpotter Becomes SoundThinking, But Problems Remain by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson   If a technology is repeatedly shown by its own data to do very little to reduce crime or assist in homicide investigations – two functions for which it is purported to be …
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
Push Notifications Pull to the Forefront by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson   The convergence of web technologies with handheld computing devices and high-capacity, inexpensive storage has led to a remarkable new era of corporate data collection most people would find shockingly invasive. Criminal Legal News has covered how, …
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
Government Accountability Office Issues a Report on DOJ and DHS Use of Facial Recognition Technology by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Considering all the bad press surrounding Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) and its high-profile failures, a recent report from the Government Accountability Office found that the seven agencies believed …
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology Threatens Everyone by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson   Facial recognition technology (FRT) corporations and the policing agencies that use them continue to jeopardize American civil liberties. While their advocates point to a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) study that reported the …
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