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"San Francisco Police Are Using Driverless Cars as Mobile Surveillance Cameras," by Aaron Gordon, Vice, May 11, 2022
"Arrest warrants," Courthouse News Service, May 09, 2022
"Law enforcement may fully unleash its data collection tools on abortion," by Cristiano Lima and Aaron Schaffer, Washington Post, May 05, 2022
"The 9th Circuit Just Breezily Said Your Internet Data Has No 4th Amendment Protections," by Mike Masnick, Techdirt, April 29, 2022
"Justices Reject Case Over Real-Time Phone Location Tracking," by Andrea Vittorio, Bloomberg Law, April 25, 2022
"Justices Reject Case Over Phone Search in Parole Breach Arrest," by Andrea Vittorio, Bloomberg Law, April 18, 2022
"Migrant advocates sue US government for data from surveillance program," by Johana Bhuiyan, The Guardian, April 14, 2022
"Adams pushes weapon detection technology after subway shooting, drawing criticism about effectiveness and bias," by Erin Durkin and Joe Anuta, Politico, April 13, 2022
"How Crime, Technology, and Civil Liberties Collide Through Geofence Warrants," WNYC, April 13, 2022
"St. Louis County defends wanted alert system at Eighth Circuit," by Joe Harris, Courthouse News Service, April 13, 2022
"Google Location Data Tempts Police While Privacy Advocates Worry," by Andrea Vittorio, Bloomberg Law, April 11, 2022
"Backlash against secret streetlight surveillance cameras prompts San Diego to create new privacy board," by David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, April 05, 2022
"No right to privacy: Virginia court overturns ruling for napping defendant," by Neal Augenstein, WTOP, April 01, 2022
"Massachusetts high court OKs cell phone ‘dragnets’ for criminals," by Thomas F. Harrison, Courthouse News Service, April 01, 2022
"Post Office Cops Used Social Media Surveillance Program Illegally," by Aaron Gordon, Vice, March 31, 2022
