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"Will ICE Use the Alien Enemies Act To Enter Homes Without Warrants?," by Fiona Harrigan, Reason, March 21, 2025
"The NYPD is sending more drones to 911 calls, but privacy advocates don’t like the view," by Suzanne Smalley, The Record, March 20, 2025
"Administration Officials Believe Order Lets Immigration Agents Enter Homes Without Warrants," by Devlin Barrett, New York Times, March 20, 2025
"DEA Insiders Warned About Legality of Phone Tracking Program. Their Concerns Were Kept Secret.," by Matt Sledge, The Intercept, March 18, 2025
"A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias.," by Jordan Smith, The Intercept, February 02, 2025
"En banc Fourth Circuit panel uses bank robbery to debate geofence warrants," by Joe Dodson, Courthouse News Service, January 30, 2025
"VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional," by Andrew Crocker and Matthew Guariglia, Electronic Frontier Foundation, January 22, 2025
"Arrested by AI: Police ignore standards after facial recognition matches," by Douglas MacMillan, David Ovalle and Aaron Schaffer, Washington Post, January 13, 2025
"Police cameras are coming to Columbia. Do they really reduce crime?," by Lucy Valeski, Columbia Missourian, January 05, 2025
"Is your car spying on you? What it means that Tesla shared data in the Las Vegas explosion," by Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, January 05, 2025
"Investigative alerts, not just warrants, can justify arrests, Illinois Supreme Court says," by Caitlyn Rosen, Courthouse News Service, December 19, 2024
"Location Data Firm Offers to Help Cops Track Targets via Doctor Visits," by Joseph Cox, 404 Media, December 10, 2024
"Pasco County Sheriff Will End Predictive Policing Program to Settle Lawsuit Over Harassment," by C.J. Ciaramella, Reason, December 04, 2024
"83 Percent of ShotSpotter Alerts Might Not Have Been Gunfire at All," by Nick Pinto, Hell Gate, December 04, 2024
"Digital Boundaries: Fourth Amendment Protections in a Connected World," The Presumption of Innocence (Podcast), October 30, 2024
