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01/31/2017 / By Don Wrightman

New NYC bills would finally limit warrant-less use of surveillance drones

Bills have been introduced in the New York legislature that would limit the warrant-less use of surveillance drones. This legislation would help thwart the federal surveillance state, and establish much needed privacy protections at the state level. The bill was introduced by a bipartisan coalition of six representatives on Jan 9, and the companion bill […]

03/11/2016 / By Greg White

State court reaches historic decision to stop police from engaging in illegal spying on citizen cellphones without a warrant

The second-highest court in Maryland upheld a historic decision by a state trial court that the warrantless use of cellphone tracking devices, known as Stingrays, violates the Fourth Amendment. Stingrays simulate cellphone towers in order to fool nearby mobile phones into connecting with them, thereby revealing the phones’ locations. The surveillance technology can gather data […]

03/11/2016 / By JD Heyes

Pentagon discloses to the public that domestic spying drones fly across the U.S.

The Defense Department made a shocking admission on Wednesday, though judging by the news cycle few in the media business riffed on it for very long. As initially reported by USA Today, the Pentagon said it has deployed drones in skies above the United States to spy for non-military missions, but attempted to justify the […]

03/03/2016 / By Greg White

The NYPD has been using fake cellphone towers to pull private information from innocent citizens since 2008

The New York Police Department (NYPD) admitted to using cell-site simulators, otherwise known as Stingrays, more than 1,000 times between 2008 and May 2015, according to a new report provided by the New York Civil Liberties Union. The documents are the first response to the Freedom of Information Law request filed last year. Stingrays function […]

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