New York Police Department Joins Crowdsourced Surveillance Ring Neighbors App by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson The New York Police Department (“NYPD”) has announced its decision to join Ring Neighbors, a neighborhood watch system leveraging doorbell video sharing and collaboration. The announcement heralds a dramatic expansion into the digital …

FBI Forces Suspect to Unlock Messaging App Using FaceID by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In the first known public instance of such a warrant, a US District Court approved a warrant allowing the FBI to use a suspect’s face to unlock his secure messaging app in order to …

Leaving Digital Trails by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins In the fast-paced digital world of ever-increasing convenience, few people can be bothered with reading the fine print. Yet the devil lurks in the details, and by clicking “I agree” to the terms of a phone app, an always-on device, or …

Slew of Civil Rights Advocates File Amicus Briefs Urging First Circuit to Require Warrants for Searches of Devices at Border by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Several amicus briefs on behalf of dozens of civil rights groups and First Amendment scholars were filed in an appeal in the U.S. Court …

Firms Selling Breached and Hacked Data To Law Enforcement by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso SpyCloud, a company that collects private information on people, mostly info exposed through data breaches, sells access to its databases to anyone willing to pay for it, including law enforcement. While it currently operates …