Oklahoma Bill Would Ban Warrantless Stingray Location Tracking
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (Dec. 10, 2021) โ A bill filed in the Oklahoma Senate would ban the use of โstingraysโ to track the location of phones without a warrant in most situations. Passage of the bill would not only protect privacy in the Sooner State; it would also...
Massachusetts Committee Holds Hearing on Bill to Limit Police Use of Facial Recognition
BOSTON, Mass. (Dec. 2, 2021) โ Last week, a joint Massachusetts legislative committee held a hearing on a bill that would limit law enforcement use of facial recognition systems. The growing movement to prohibit the use of facial recognition at the state and local...
Feds Buying Their Way Around the Fourth Amendment
The feds are buying access to private data collection companies as a way to gather information on people without a warrant. According to a report by The Intercept, the U.S. Treasury Department bought two data feeds from a company called Babel Street. Tech Inquiry...