Protests, Criminal Justice, Privacy and Cybersecurity: Location-Tracking, Police and Telecoms

Wired Magazine, 2017: "University of Washington researchers have shown just how cheaply spies can exploit ad networks for fine-grained, individuali... (2017)

The justices ruled 5-4 that police need a search warrant to obtain cellphone location information routinely collected by wireless providers. (2018)

Here are the letters Senator Ron Wyden sent to mobile carriers and the FCC demanding answers and action on the recently highlighted law enforcement... (2018)

Police in Raleigh, North Carolina, have presented Google with warrants to obtain data from mobile phones from not just specific suspects who were i... (2018)

Last year, four of the largest U.S. cell carriers were caught selling and sending real-time location data of their customers to shady companies tha... (2019)

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here's how to protect your privacy if you plan to ... (2020)

An unregulated facial recognition app can probably tell the police your name, and help them find out where you live and who your friends are. (2020)

Developers built the tools to help protesters, who fear retaliation. (2020)

The database includes detailed, but “de-identified,” information about people’s lives culled from conversations between police, social services, he... (2019)

Artificial intelligence firm Dataminr is making questionable use of its Twitter firehose privileges — and not for the first time. (2020)

The DNA profiling company said it challenged the requests, which were later withdrawn. (2021)

One DC resident said she was visited by the FBI because her cell phone pinged off a cell tower near the Capitol on the day of the riots. (2021)

Civil liberties groups have criticized the use of these dragnet search warrants. The search warrant compelled Google to provide police with the ... (2021)