#fourthamendment

As a sysadmin and cybersecurity professional, every single one of my devices has a duress mechanism in place. 🔒💥 Attempt a forced access or coercive search? All data gets wiped instantly, and firmware goes into lock-out. Don't think for a second I won't trigger it. If law enforcement has an issue with defensive privacy controls, tough luck. I couldn't care less. Protect against illegal search and seizure—end of story. 🛑📱 #GrapheneOS #CyberSecurity #SysAdmin #InfoSec #Privacy #DigitalRights #Encryption #FourthAmendment #TechNews

The #FourthCircuit Says #Border Agents Can #Search Your #Phone By Hand, No Suspicion Required The Fourth Circuit issued a disappointing opinion in U.S. v. Belmonte Cardozo, a case in which @eff@mastodon.social filed an amicus brief, alongside the national #ACLU, its #Maryland , #NorthCarolina , #SouthCarolina , and #Virginia affiliates, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (#NACDL ). We argued that electronic device searches at the border should require a #warrant based on probable cause, but at minimum, regardless of whether an officer searches by hand or with #forensic software that plugs into a device and downloads its entire contents for search, the same #FourthAmendment standard should apply to all device searches at the border. #privacy

US Police Now Armed With #Israeli #Spy Vans Simulating #MobilePhone Towers If you thought #Flock was bad check out #Falconet. Falconet from Israeli company #Cognyte serves as a cell tower simulator that intercepts cell phone data from all devices within range. #Police mount these systems in Tahoes so the vehicles can collect information while driving through areas without any direct interaction with targets. This mobile approach generates ongoing records of phone locations and communications for everyone nearby rather than only suspects, which creates comprehensive movement profiles and bypasses traditional #warrant requirements under the #FourthAmendment. #privacy #security #surveillance

Today is July 4, and the Unuted States and its Constitution were born from the British oppressors. So we must protect the #FirstAmendment and the #FourthAmendment from the #AgeVerification laws and bills, including those in the OS/App-Store level. Anyway, Happy #4thOfJuly! #DigitalFreedom #Privacy

"The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that people have an expectation of privacy from the government as their mobile devices track them throughout their daily activities, even when that information is shared with companies like Google and Apple. The 6-3 decision in Chatrie v. United States extends Fourth Amendment protections to data that people hand over to tech companies, meaning police need a warrant to obtain it. Justices Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett and Clarence Thomas dissented. The Trump administration argued that users did not have an expectation of privacy after voluntarily sharing their location data with companies like Google. “An individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in records about his cell phone’s location, and police intrude on that constitutionally protected interest when they demand the information — even though for only a limited time, and from a third-party tech company,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the majority. The case involves a 2019 bank robbery in Virginia, where police arrested Okello Chatrie after using a geofence warrant to locate all devices near the scene of the crime." https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/29/supreme-court-location-data-ruling-00979929 #USA #Privacy #FourthAmendment #Geolocation #Surveillance

Global #AgeVerification push will mean "the death of anonymity online." #Proton CEO warns, including OS-level age verification laws and bills. #Privacy #PrivacyFirst #StopOSSpies #NoAgeSignals #FirstAmendment #FourthAmendment #BadInternetBills #DigitalFreedom #CyberSecurity #Government #OpenSource