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Privacy technologies
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
2 days ago

More License Plate Reader Mission Creep: School Residency Verification, Background Checks, and Noise Complaints

Without warrant requirements, police use Flock Safety ALPR databases for broad, low-level, and unrelated surveillance beyond specific investigations.
US politics
fromNextgov.com
4 weeks ago

House passes 3-year FISA 702 extension

The House extended foreign spying powers for three years, raising privacy concerns without requiring warrants for querying U.S. person data.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Kash Patel admits under oath FBI is buying location data on Americans

The FBI has resumed purchasing Americans' location data from commercial sources without warrants, circumventing Fourth Amendment protections through private data brokers.
Right-wing politics
fromThe American Conservative
2 months ago

Trump Seeks to Extend Domestic Spying Powers He Once Condemned

Trump reversed his position on FISA surveillance powers, shifting from demanding abolition to quietly seeking extension through 2027 despite previously claiming illegal use against his campaign.
US politics
fromWIRED
5 months ago

Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap Powers

Section 702 safeguards are failing, enabling warrantless FBI searches of Americans' communications and prompting calls for probable-cause warrants or expiration of the authority.
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