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"Supreme Court weighs phone searches to find criminals amid complaints of ‘digital dragnets’," by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, April 19, 2026
"Minnesota Supreme Court rules Google ‘geofence’ data used to identify murder suspect unconstitutional," by Jeff Day, Minnesota Star Tribune, April 16, 2026
"Powerful surveillance program faces obstacles as renewal deadline looms," by Ellen Nakashima, Warren P. Strobel, and Noah Robertson, Washington Post, April 11, 2026
"The Supreme Court's Next Big Fourth Amendment Case," by Damon Root, Reason, April 09, 2026
"ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware," by Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, April 07, 2026
"What to know about Axon, Syracuse’s newest license plate reader provider," by Griffin Uribe Brown, The Daily Orange , March 23, 2026
"Minnesota bill says warrants that let police sweep up data near a crime scene should be illegal," by Cleo Krejci, MinnPost, March 16, 2026
"AI error jails innocent grandmother for months in Fargo fraud case," by Matt Henson, InForum, March 11, 2026
"Florida Legislators Advance a Bill Authorizing Government Surveillance Based on 'Views' or 'Opinions'," by Jacob Sullum, Reason, March 05, 2026
"Controversial Geofence Warrants Face Supreme Court Challenge," by J.D. Tuccille, Reason, March 06, 2026
"OpenAI alters deal with Pentagon as critics sound alarm over surveillance," by Jared Perlo, Kevin Collier and David Ingram, NBC News, March 03, 2026
"ICE officers are taking DNA samples from protesters they've arrested," by Meg Anderson, NPR, March 19, 2026
"Senator Ron Wyden on new Federal surveillance bill," Oregon Business Report, March 18, 2026
"Worried about surveillance, states enact privacy laws and restrict license plate readers," by Shalina Chatlani, Stateline, January 08, 2026
"A Police Drone Might Be Behind Your Next Ticket," by James Fanelli, Wall Street Journal, December 28, 2025