Hacker News with Generative AI: Civil Liberties

EFF to Second Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at Border Require a Warrant (eff.org)
EFF, along with ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit urging the court to require a warrant for border searches of electronic devices, an argument EFF has been making in the courts and Congress for nearly a decade.

Civil Liberties, Law, Technology, Privacy

43 points by gslin 12 days ago | 8 comments

It's legal for police to use deception in interrogations. Some want that to end (text.npr.org)
It's legal for police to use deception in interrogations. Advocates want that to end.

Law Enforcement, Interrogations, Civil Liberties, Justice System

281 points by everybodyknows 12 days ago | 258 comments

How Many U.S. Persons Does Section 702 Spy On? The ODNI Needs to Come Clean (eff.org)
EFF has joined with 23 other organizations including the ACLU, Restore the Fourth, the Brennan Center for Justice, Access Now, and the Freedom of the Press Foundation to demand that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) furnish the public with an estimate of exactly how many U.S. persons’ communications have been hoovered up, and are now sitting on a government server for law enforcement to unconstitutionally sift through at their leisure.

Privacy, Surveillance, Government, Law Enforcement, Civil Liberties

18 points by hn_acker 30 days ago | 1 comments

Lawsuit Argues Warrantless Use of Flock Surveillance Cameras Is Unconstitutional (404media.co)
A civil liberties organization has filed a federal lawsuit in Virginia arguing that widespread surveillance enabled by Flock, a company that sells networks of automated license plate readers, is unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.

Surveillance, Law, Civil Liberties, Fourth Amendment, Technology

20 points by aspenmayer 30 days ago | 3 comments

Police Want the Password to Your Phone (reason.com)
Without a warrant and specific proof of incriminating evidence, police should never be allowed past your phone’s lock screen.

Privacy, Law Enforcement, Technology, Civil Liberties

8 points by miles 38 days ago | 1 comments

Don't ever hand your phone to the cops (theverge.com)
You should never voluntarily hand your phone to a police officer.

Privacy, Law Enforcement, Civil Liberties

37 points by dylan604 57 days ago | 18 comments

Police Chief Says Cops Have a 5th Amendment Right to Leave Body Cameras Off (reason.com)

Police, Law Enforcement, Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties

232 points by heavyset_go 88 days ago | 146 comments

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules (reason.com)

Law, Government, Civil Liberties, Property Rights

840 points by throwup238 95 days ago | 464 comments

AFP Spent $500k Trying to Lock Up Autistic 13-Year-Old on Terrorism Charges (techdirt.com)