Hacker News with Generative AI: Fourth Amendment

U.S. Spy Agencies–One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Personal Data (theintercept.com)
The ever-growing market for personal data has been a boon for American spy agencies. The U.S. intelligence community is now buying up vast volumes of sensitive information that would have previously required a court order, essentially bypassing the Fourth Amendment. But the surveillance state has encountered a problem: There’s simply too much data on sale from too many corporations and brokers.
Privacy, Surveillance, Government, Data, Fourth Amendment
141 points by LAsteNERD 36 days ago | 69 comments
Court rules FBI's warrantless searches violated Fourth Amendment (arstechnica.com)
It's official: The FBI's warrantless searches of communications seized to protect US national security have at last been ruled unconstitutional and in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Law, Privacy, Surveillance, Fourth Amendment, FBI
63 points by pitwin 155 days ago | 23 comments
Court: Warrantless Searches of an Immigration Lawyer's Phone Are Constitutional (techdirt.com)
In an altogether unsurprising decision [PDF], a Texas federal court has ruled no one’s rights are violated when CBP or ICE agents seize an immigration lawyer’s phone without a warrant and run invasive searches to access the device’s contents.
Law, Immigration, Privacy, Technology, Fourth Amendment
10 points by hn_acker 204 days ago | 1 comments
Federal Court Says Dismantling a Phone to Install Firmware Isn't a 'Search' (techdirt.com)
This is probably the correct conclusion to arrive at, at least at this point in extremely limited jurisprudence, but it still raises some questions courts will likely have to confront in the future. Is manhandling a phone to make it responsive to a search itself a search, or does the Fourth Amendment not kick in until after the search of the phone’s contents occurs? (h/t FourthAmendment.com)
Legal Issues, Privacy, Technology, Law Enforcement, Fourth Amendment
270 points by hn_acker 204 days ago | 142 comments
Google’s TOS doesn’t eliminate a user’s Fourth Amendment rights, judge rules [pdf] (uscourts.gov)
Google, Fourth Amendment, Privacy, Law, Legal
403 points by coloneltcb 240 days ago | 293 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 249 days ago | 3 comments
The Feds Are Skirting the 4th Amendment by Buying Data from Tech Companies (reason.com)
Privacy, Law Enforcement, Fourth Amendment, Technology, Government
47 points by BenFranklin100 312 days ago | 10 comments