#fourth-amendment

Privacy & Data

SCOTUS: Police Geofence Searches & Your Privacy [2026]

The highest court in the land is wrestling with a question that cuts to the heart of modern privacy: How much can police peer into our digital lives, even passively, to solve crimes? Geofence warrants are on the chopping block.

Privacy & Data

Warrantless Border Phone Searches Under Fire: EFF Demands Fourth Amendment Protection

Fifty-five thousand device searches. Last fiscal year. That's the kind of chilling number the EFF is shouting about, and frankly, it should make you stop scrolling. We're talking about your phone, your digital life, being X-rayed without a warrant at the border. This isn't science fiction; it's happening.

AI Regulation

Flock Safety's ALPR Busts Phone-Wielding Rider, Igniting Mission Creep Alarms

Law enforcement promised ALPRs like Flock Safety's would stick to serious crimes. A Georgia ticket for a phone in hand says otherwise—mission creep has arrived.