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Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
Bluetooth Surveillance Tool Added to List of Known Cache of DHS’ Surveillance Technology by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has an impressive cache of surveillance technology that includes, inter alia, automated license plate readers (“ALPR”) and cell-site simulators (“CSS”). The latest tracking and …
Stinging Back: Resisting Government Surveillance of Cellphones by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A cell-site simulators (“CSS”)—often referred to as a “Stingray” device, after a popular brand—is one of the newest and most controversial law enforcement tools since the introduction of the wiretap. Its use represents the intersection of …
Cellular Roaming’s Inadequate Security by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Cellphones must be able to continue providing service when connected to networks other than those to which their owners subscribe. The ability to roam beyond the subscriber’s borders without interruption of service is available because network providers across the …
Article • May 15, 2024 • from CLN May, 2024
De-Identified Is Not Anonymous by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Corporations collect all kinds of data about their customers with few rules about what they can do with it. Often, these collections come with assurances that the data will be de-identified before being sold to additional parties such as …
FBI Visit to Oklahoma Woman in Response to Social Media Post Sparks Debate on Free Speech by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott On March 19, 2024, an Egyptian-Muslim woman in Oklahoma filmed an encounter with FBI agents who visited her home to discuss social media posts. The video …
Googling Your Privacy by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Google is the unrivaled search giant, and its Android is the second most widely used cellphone operating system in the U.S. Their additional offer of free software is all designed to leverage what they know about you and increase the …
Article • May 15, 2024 • from CLN May, 2024
More Facial Recognition Failures by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Facial Recognition Technology (“FRT”) misuses continue to pop up in the media. In August of 2023, police went to the home of Porcha Woodruff and arrested her for carjacking in front of her daughters. The kicker in her story …
Article • May 15, 2024 • from CLN May, 2024
Facial Recognition’s Distorted View by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson There is a tendency within the human brain to settle on the first solution even when another, better solution is available. Automated facial recognition (“AFR”) systems can exacerbate the problem simply by the fact that they are designed to …
Article • May 15, 2024 • from CLN May, 2024
Tech Monopolies Prevent Effective Privacy Laws in the U.S. by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso  Cory Doctorow’s latest book, The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation, discusses the relationship between the failure to regulate tech monopolies in the United States and the meteoric rise of government …
Police Body Cameras, A Decade Later by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso It has been 10 years since body-worn cameras (“BWCs”) were posited as a solution to the lack of accountability in police murders of citizens, but police are still largely unaccountable, in part because the footage is often …
Article • April 15, 2024 • from CLN April, 2024
One Year of New Orleans Police Department Facial Recognition Data by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson About a year after the New Orleans Police Department (“NOPD”) performed its first facial recognition scan under a new policy that reauthorized its use, they have little to show for it. That is …
Article • April 15, 2024 • from CLN April, 2024
The FBI’s Rapidly Expanding DNA Database by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The FBI has amassed over 20 million DNA profiles in its database and has requested Congress double its budget for handling DNA samples “to process the rapidly increasing number of DNA samples collected.” The Combined DNA Index …
Article • April 15, 2024 • from CLN April, 2024
Potential Dangers of Medical Monitors by Michael Thompson Michael Dean Thompson Modern medical science has delivered some remarkable lifesaving technologies. Included in the list of modern marvels are pacemakers equipped with telemetry systems that permit remote monitoring but also remote modification of their operating parameters. With such a pacemaker, a …
FBI’s Bias for Keywords by Carlo Difundo by Carlos Difundo In September of 2021, then-Assistant Director for Counterterrorism Jill Sanborn told the Senate that the FBI did not monitor publicly available social media conversations. “It’s not within our authorities,” she told them, adding that the First Amendment barred them from …
Amazon Ring Curbs Police Access to Doorbell Camera Footage—But Privacy Concerns Remain by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott In a move applauded by privacy advocates, Amazon-owned Ring announced on January 24, 2024, that it will no longer allow police to request doorbell camera footage directly from users through …
A Legal Argument Against Government Purchase of Location Data by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The lack of effective privacy legislation covering the U.S.—combined with the occasional, poorly worded limitations imposed by the courts—has led to the current situation where law enforcement and other government agencies have been purchasing …
FBI Searches of NSA Data Extended Until April, Despite Admission of Unconstitutionality by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso As part of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024, signed by President Biden on December 22, 2023, Congress has extended the deadline to April 19th to fully re-authorize, …
Article • March 15, 2024 • from CLN March, 2024
Suspicion of Government Surveillance Increasing by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The concern among Republicans and right-leaning independent voters that federal law enforcement agencies—particularly the FBI—are becoming politicized is driving an increase in the distrust these Americans have that these agencies will abuse access to personal data. Traditional conservative …
Article • March 15, 2024 • from CLN March, 2024
Cops Just Love Secret Metadata Collection by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Policing agencies throughout the country continue to find new ways to secretly surveil Americans. Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, has discovered yet another way the cops are working in the dark to scrutinize the behaviors …
Article • March 15, 2024 • from CLN March, 2024
Cops’ Sky-High Hopes by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Drones as a first responder are the latest cop fad in America. They hope that drones will be able to arrive on the scene faster than a patrol officer and provide the lay of the land for arriving cops. Across …
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