MassSurveillance
From help to harm: How the government is quietly repurposing everyone’s data for surveillance
From help to harm: How the government is quietly repurposing everyone’s data for surveillance The US government is quietly repurposing personal data for surveillance through various means, including executive orders and public-private partnerships. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been granted access to sensitive databases, including those of the Internal Revenue Service, and is […]
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Cops can’t do cell tower mass surveillance ‘dumps,’ court rules
Cops can’t do cell tower mass surveillance ‘dumps,’ court rules Court rules that obtaining swaths of cellular records through “tower dumps” is unconstitutional due to privacy concerns. The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures, which includes searching through cell tower records. A federal judge in Nevada denied a motion to suppress using these records […]
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