Delaware Supreme Court: Warrant That Authorized Search of ‘Any and All’ Data of Named Files on Cellphone Is Invalid General Warrant That Also Failed to Include Temporal Limitation by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   The Supreme Court of Delaware ruled that a warrant authorizing a search and seizure of …

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 …

FBI Works to Expand Court Authority for Its Offensive Cyber Operations by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The FBI’s effort to disable an army of zombie computers being used for cyber-crime is pretty mediagenic, but it is the latest step in the DOJ’s plan to render jurisdictional limits on …

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 …

CBP Promises Not to Buy Location Data – But Is It a Hollow Promise? by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Global Positioning Satellite (“GPS”) systems began as a tool to help the American military prosecute wars. Among its many uses today is to help the American criminal justice system …

The Inevitability of Central Bank Digital Currencies and Their Threat to Human Rights by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso Bitcoin is rapidly changing the way we function as individuals in a global and interconnected economy. Even though any individual person may not own or use it directly, it is reshaping …

New Digital Warrants Undermine Fourth Amendment by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Two relatively new types of warrants are causing a stir among privacy advocates and defense attorneys who claim the warrants are overbroad and jeopardize the spirit of the Fourth Amendment’s protections. “Geofence” or “reverse” warrants involve police …

EFF To Google: Stop Rolling Over For Law Enforcement 'Geofencing' by With a market capitalization as of August 2021 of over $1.8 trillion, Alphabet—the parent company of Google—is worth more than the annual economic output of all but nine countries. The firm, which unlocks the Internet to most U.S. users, …