Police in Canada don’t need a judge’s permission to search a suspect’s cell phone so long as they follow certain steps, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday in a split decision… Read more »
The Supreme Court’s ruling this summer over cell phone warrants may have been the beginning, not the end, of the debate over police power to access our devices — as a… Read more »
Facebook had to turn over account information about 381 people at once this summer as a result of a “bulk search warrant” process the company says is illegal. Now, a higher… Read more »
TunnelX is a service that uses really strong encryption to let ordinary people have a truly private conversation online. But what will happen if the government comes calling? Read more »
The 11th Circuit issued a decision on Wednesday that found police need a warrant to get data from phone companies that shows users’ locations based on cell towers. Read more »
A California judge is the latest to join the so-called “Magistrate’s rebellion” — in which lower-level judges are refusing to simply let the government grab all of someone’s Google or Apple… Read more »
When can police go through a person’s cellphone? The Supreme Court will hear two cases on Tuesday that will shape the future of privacy and police procedure. Read more »
Right now, police can go through the cell phone of someone they’ve arrested in some states but not others. The Supreme Court accepted two cases which could clear what sort of… Read more »
Courts disagree about the legal status of a massive NSA database of American phone records. A new appeal could speed the issue towards the Supreme Court. Read more »
The White House and the NSA received a rare voice of support when a federal judge said a massive phone database is constitutional — the ruling comes two weeks after another… Read more »