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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 …
Brief • December 18, 2023
Expert Declaration of Kelly M. Socia, PH.d-Sexual Crimes and Mandatory Lifetime GPS Statute, Dec 2023 EXPERT DECLARATION OF KELLY M. SOCIA, PH.D. Individuals convicted of sexual crimes and Wisconsin’s mandatory lifetime GPS statute Prepared by: Kelly M. Socia, Ph.D. Professor School of Criminology and Justice Studies University of Massachusetts Lowell …
Brief • December 16, 2023
Filed under: GPS Tracking Device
Report of Kate Weisburd-GPS Monitoring, 2023 REPORT OF KATE WEISBURD I. Qualifications 1. I am a law professor at George Washington University School of Law (“GW”) in Washington, D.C. At GW, I teach Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and a seminar on Race, Surveillance, and the Criminal Justice System. Prior to …
The George Washington University Law School-Rights Violations as Punishment, 2023 GW Law School Public Law and Legal Theory Paper No. 2023-25 GW Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-25 Rights Violations as Punishment Kate Weisburd This paper can be downloaded free of charge from the Social Science Research Network: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4424954 Electronic …
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 …
Punitive Surveillance, 2022 COPYRIGHT © 2022 VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW ASSOCIATION PUNITIVE SURVEILLANCE Kate Weisburd* Budget constraints, bipartisan desire to address mass incarceration, and the COVID-19 crisis in prisons have triggered state and federal officials to seek alternatives to incarceration. As a result, invasive electronic surveillance—such as GPS-equipped ankle monitors, smartphone …
The Parole App Trap by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, people from all walks of life struggled to find ways to reduce or eliminate face-to-face interactions. But for parole officers and the individuals under their supervision, there was already an app for that. …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
Big Brother, as Well as Big Business, Are Tracking You: the Snitch in Your Own Pocket, Purse, or Belt Holder by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Some ancient cultures believed that everywhere a person went they left an invisible essence of themselves behind that marked their passage. While this is …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: GPS Monitoring Unreasonable When It Doesn’t Further Any Governmental Interest by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that imposition of GPS monitoring as a condition of bail was an unreasonable search because the monitoring did not further any legitimate governmental …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
FBI Provides Fitness App in Exchange for Users’ GPS Coordinates by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney During the coronavirus lockdown, the FBI is urging people to stay in shape by downloading its Fitness App. On March 23, 2020, the agency tweeted “download the FBI’s Physical Fitness Test app to learn …
Article • June 15, 2020 • from CLN July, 2020
Filed under: Theft, GPS Tracking Device
Indiana Supreme Court: Removal of Police’s GPS Tracker on Suspect’s Vehicle Not Probable Cause of Theft, Suppression of Evidence by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The Supreme Court of Indiana suppressed all evidence resulting from search warrants obtained on the basis that the sheriff’s department concluded a suspect “stole” the …