nypd NYPD won't defend the warrantless subpoena it tried to get Twitter critic's data with Rob Beschizza
Police have unlimited warrantless access to Americans' medical records via Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid and other pharmacies Rob Beschizza
politics FBI habitually abuses anti-terror surveillance powers: one U.S. Senator "improperly" surveilled 702 times Rob Beschizza
police Amazon admits police get Ring camera footage without owners' consent or a warrant Rob Beschizza
Bill of Rights as toilet paper Supreme Court rules that Constitution does not apply to 60% of U.S. population, OKs warrantless assault and home invasion by armed agents Mark Frauenfelder
law Pennsylvania supreme court rules smell of cannabis cannot be sole pretext for police search Rob Beschizza
surveillance 7 years later, US court of appeals rules that NSA program leaked by Snowden was illegal after all Thom Dunn
drug laws Scent of pot is insufficient cause for cops to search and arrest people, court rules Mark Frauenfelder
Business ICE ran facial recognition searches on millions of Maryland drivers' photos without court approval; activists say they're targeting immigrants Xeni Jardin
Business Genetic genealogy company Gedmatch acquired by company with ties to FBI & law enforcement—why you should be worried Jennifer Lynch
racism Amazon secretly planned to use facial recognition and Ring doorbells to create neighborhood "watch lists" Cory Doctorow
law enforcement That Robot Dog from Boston Dynamics has a new job on the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad Thom Dunn
law EFF and ACLU triumph as federal judge rules that warrantless, suspicionless device searches at the border are illegal Cory Doctorow
web theory Freedom House: Thanks to social media, internet freedom is down for the the ninth straight year Cory Doctorow
corruption CBP officer refuses to allow American journalist into the country until he admits he writes "propaganda" Cory Doctorow