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Article • September 1, 2024 • from CLN September, 2024
Push Notifications: Yet Another Secret Surveillance Technique by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson According to what Cooper Quentin who is a technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation told the Washington Post, the government has promised they will only use this latest tool for the most grievous crimes. We have …
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 …
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 …
Tracking Your Cellphone Might Be Easier Than You Think by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab investigated weaknesses in the manner with which cellphones and their locations are passed from tower to tower. What they found was that it was remarkably easy for a …
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 …
Geofence Warrants: The Mass Location Surveillance and Privacy Threat Created by Google May Be Eliminated by Its Creator by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable …
New Jersey Supreme Court Excludes CSLI Testimony Based on Agent’s ‘Rule Of Thumb’ Method for Determining Defendant’s Location by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Supreme Court of New Jersey held a lower court erred when it allowed an FBI agent to testify about cell site location information (“CSLI”) …
Vendors Late to Recognize the Serious Threat of Cell-Site Simulators by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Cell-site simulators (“CSS”), also known by the brand name Stingray and more generically as IMSI Catchers, have permitted governments to spy on each other, hackers to install zero-click malware, and stalkers to track …
Article • January 15, 2024 • from CLN January, 2024
Maryland Supreme Court Announces Expectation of Privacy Covers Electronic Data, Not Physical Devices, Thus War-rantless Search of Government’s Copy of Defendant’s Hard Drive After Consent Revoked Violated Fourth Amendment by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Maryland (formerly the Court of Appeals) held that a defendant had …
Study Reveals Important Details About iPhone’s Building Level Registration Reliability by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott In a stabbing case in The Hague, Netherlands, a suspect facing charges in the deadly incident denied his involvement. Wanting to prove his presence at the crime scene, the Dutch police turned …
Article • October 1, 2023 • from CLN October, 2023
How the Backdoor Loophole Enables the FBI to Search Your Communications Without a Warrant by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson The 2008 Foreign Intelligence ­Surveillance Amendments Act (“FAA”) Section 702 (codified as 50 U.S.C. § 1881A) exists to facilitate the capture of the communications of foreign actors as they pass …
Article • April 24, 2023
Georgia National Guard Plans to Geofence Public High Schools to Target Recruits by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi The Georgia Army National Guard (“GANG”) will geofence 67 different public high schools in the state, with recruiting ads targeting any phones within one mile of each of these schools. The purpose …
Article • April 9, 2023
Forensic Re-creations of Police Abuse and Landmark Settlements Thanks to That Cell Phone in Your Pocket by by Jordan Arizmendi Chances are, if you are reading this article, you are well acquainted with the ways in which technology, like facial recognition and cell phone location tracking, strip away our civil …
Fog Data Science, Your Hometown Data Broker by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Criminal Legal News has previously reported on data broker companies — companies that buy and sell data on consumers, most often location data harvested from mobile apps. Fog Data Science is one such company, though one …
Corporate Data Brokers Help Law Enforcement Spy on Millions of Law-Abiding People by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The shady economy of data brokers vacuums up personal data from hundreds of millions of people — mostly in the U.S. but also in other countries­ — and this data is …
Article • November 15, 2022 • from CLN December, 2022
Location Tracking Devices Can Create the Appearance of Guilt by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart In a recent review of new location tracking tech, New York Times writer Kashmir Hill tested several tools with the help of her husband Trevor Timm, who is also executive director of the Freedom of …
Article • September 15, 2022 • from CLN October, 2022
FBI Phone Hack May Have Monitored Americans in Operation Trojan Shield by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The tale reads like a Hollywood version of undercover police work, but Operation Trojan Shield really happened. The FBI was monitoring encrypted traffic on the “black devices” favored by criminals as soon as …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from CLN August, 2022
Your Data Is For Sale and Anonymization Is Meaningless by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Data brokers exist to buy bulk user data collected by advertising tech companies and resell it to other companies, government agencies, and the public. They claim this practice is harmless since the data has …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from CLN August, 2022
Illinois Limits Police Access to Data Stored by Third Parties by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Illinois recently passed the Protecting Household Privacy Act (“PHPA”), which limits state law enforcement access to data stored by third parties, i.e., companies like Google and Facebook, requiring warrants in most circumstances, and …
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