OCTADESMUD - an appropriate name for the electric company conducting surveillance for the police.<br><br><b> The $94 Million Smart Meter Surveillance Scheme Exposed </b><br><br><a href="https://youtu.be/onYWQJsWFpk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/onYWQJsWFpk</a><br><br>Sacramento residents discovered their utility company has been secretly feeding their private energy data to police without warrants, leading to a massive surveillance operation that generated $94 million in fines. This explosive investigation reveals how SMUD transformed smart meters into government spy devices, monitoring when you shower, sleep, or use appliances.<br><br>Innocent homeowners faced armed police raids for using electricity to power medical equipment or mine cryptocurrency. One resident was forced outside in his underwear at gunpoint, while another disabled veteran was threatened with arrest for refusing warrantless entry. The surveillance threshold dropped dramatically from 7,000 to just 2,800 kilowatt hours per month, making air conditioning use suspicious in Sacramento's brutal heat.<br><br>Internal documents expose how SMUD analysts actively mined customer data for police, checking over 10,000 homes in a single month. Despite California law explicitly prohibiting utilities from sharing precise meter data without warrants, SMUD violated these protections daily for a decade.<br><br>The Electronic Frontier Foundation's lawsuit could reshape smart meter privacy nationwide. With the October 2025 court decision approaching, every American with a smart meter needs to understand how their utility company might be spying on them right now.<br><br><a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=smud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SMUD</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=smartmeters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartMeters</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=eff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EFF</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=utilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Utilities</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Electricity</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SurveillanceCapitalism</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=spying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spying</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thAmendment</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=warrantlesssearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarrantlessSearch</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=civilrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Courts</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cops</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Police</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Extortion</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fraud</a><br><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/privacy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@privacy@a.gup.pe</a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/infosec" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@infosec@a.gup.pe</a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/infostorm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@infostorm@a.gup.pe</a></span><br>
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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2295835/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2295835/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 9th Circuit keeps freeze on Southern California ICE patrols <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/4thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/9thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>9thCircuit</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>city</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/effort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>effort</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FieryOpinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FieryOpinion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GovernmentPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/location" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>location</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LosAngelesTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngelesTimes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LowCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowCourt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OriginalOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OriginalOrder</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/panel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>panel</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ReasonableSuspicion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReasonableSuspicion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SameWay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SameWay</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SouthernCalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernCalifornia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USANews</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LegalAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalAF</span></a> Judge Slaps <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TRO</span></a> for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Violating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Violating</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitutional</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rights</span></a> - Judge Frimpong in LA just issued 2 TROs against Trump Admin <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> to stop their violation of suspected <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/undocumented" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>undocumented</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/4thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> against <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/seizure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seizure</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/5thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>5thAmendment</span></a> rights to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> counsel when <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/arrested" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arrested</span></a>. Click here to read the Judge's order: <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/5db2078f-36a7-446a-905b-839e716a4f59?j=eyJ1IjoiMjJ5NTBrIn0.oP2fUcNw-EU7zklYEMRQBh9oi2VHOHvW3ElcPQqG6aE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/redirect/5db2078f</span><span class="invisible">-36a7-446a-905b-839e716a4f59?j=eyJ1IjoiMjJ5NTBrIn0.oP2fUcNw-EU7zklYEMRQBh9oi2VHOHvW3ElcPQqG6aE</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/civilliberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilliberties</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>project2025</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pamBondi</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/kristinoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kristinoem</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/CBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBP</span></a> Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones </p><p>Customs and Border Protection is asking companies to pitch tools for performing deep analysis on the contents of devices seized at the US <a href="https://mas.to/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thamendment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-wants-new-tech-to-search-for-hidden-data-on-seized-phones/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/cbp-wants-new-</span><span class="invisible">tech-to-search-for-hidden-data-on-seized-phones/</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>U.S. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Spy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spy</span></a> Agencies Get One-Stop Shop to Buy Highly Sensitive Personal Data</p><p>The government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people.</p><p>> considering the current administration and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ODNI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ODNI</span></a> incompetence, I assume it won’t take long till this marketplace gets <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hacked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacked</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thamendment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/05/22/intel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/05/22/in</span><span class="invisible">tel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judge</span></a> Rules Blanket Search of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CellTower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CellTower</span></a> Data <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unconstitutional</span></a><br>When <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LEO</span></a> request <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/towerdump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>towerdump</span></a>, they ask <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/telecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telecom</span></a> for numbers and personal information of every single <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> connected to a tower during a time period. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Towerdumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Towerdumps</span></a> can return tens of thousands of numbers. <br>Judge says tower dumps violate the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/4thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thAmendment</span></a>. The judge also ruled that the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cops</span></a> could, this one time, still use the evidence they obtained through this unconstitutional search.<br><a href="https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-blanket-search-of-cell-tower-data-unconstitutional/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/judge-rules-blanke</span><span class="invisible">t-search-of-cell-tower-data-unconstitutional/</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/Rtc6I" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/Rtc6I</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Taps <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> to Compile Data on Americans </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/AlexKarp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlexKarp</span></a> , a co-founder and the chief executive of Palantir, at a forum in Washington in April. The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work across the federal government.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thamendment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fourthamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fourthamendment</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/trump-palantir-data-americans.html</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> tools for required for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/classwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classwork</span></a> are allegedly being used to build data profiles of each <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a><br>Google faces <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a> for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/spying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spying</span></a> on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> through mandatory <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chromebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chromebook</span></a> use<br>Google also accused of operating on government's behalf, which would make data acquisition a potential constitutional violation, under <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/4thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thAmendment</span></a>. It is also accused of violating a handful of other acts including <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CIPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIPA</span></a>,Federal <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WiretapAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WiretapAct</span></a>, as well as the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/COPPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COPPA</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/google-chrome/google-tools-for-required-for-classwork-are-allegedly-being-used-to-build-data-profiles-of-each-student" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/software/goog</span><span class="invisible">le-chrome/google-tools-for-required-for-classwork-are-allegedly-being-used-to-build-data-profiles-of-each-student</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Montana</span></a> Becomes First State to Close the Law Enforcement <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DataBroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBroker</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Loophole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Loophole</span></a></p><p>Montana … has just enacted the first attempt to close the dreaded, invasive, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a> , but easily fixed “data broker loophole.” This is a very good step in the right direction because right now, across the country, law enforcement routinely purchases information on individuals it would otherwise need a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/warrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warrant</span></a> to obtain. <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thamendment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/montana-becomes-first-state-close-law-enforcement-data-broker-loophole" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/mont</span><span class="invisible">ana-becomes-first-state-close-law-enforcement-data-broker-loophole</span></a></p>
Bryan MitchellUS Politics — Relating to RFK’s Purposed Registry
PrivacyDigest<p>How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Border</span></a> </p><p>Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cbp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cbp</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thAmendment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protect-yourself-from-phone-searches-at-the-us-border/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/how-to-protect</span><span class="invisible">-yourself-from-phone-searches-at-the-us-border/</span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>A judge in Nevada has ruled that “tower dumps”— the law enforcement practice of grabbing vast troves of private personal data from cell towers — is unconstitutional. Read more at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@404media" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>404media</span></a></span>. <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/4thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://flip.it/76ymUv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/76ymUv</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unconstitutional</span></a> <br> <br>A judge in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> has ruled that “tower dumps”—the law enforcement practice of grabbing vast troves of private personal data from cell towers—is unconstitutional. The judge also ruled that the cops could, this one time, still use the evidence they obtained through this unconstitutional search. <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thamendment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-blanket-search-of-cell-tower-data-unconstitutional/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/judge-rules-blanke</span><span class="invisible">t-search-of-cell-tower-data-unconstitutional/</span></a></p>
Alexandra Thorn<p>I'm starting to work on building up a network of Massachusetts residents interested in passing the Electronic Privacy bill.</p><p>DM me if you're interested in connecting. Also, please let me know of any groups already working on this!</p><p><a href="https://better.boston/tags/MAPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAPoli</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/MApol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MApol</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/4thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thAmendment</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>No penalties even when deputies share a woman’s nudes after an illegal phone search <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thamendment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/no-warrant-or-crimes-but-oregon-womans-nudes-were-shared-after-illegal-phone-search/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/no-warrant-or-crimes-but-oregon-womans-nudes-were-shared-after-illegal-phone-search/</span></a></p>
Andrew 🌻 Brandt 🐇<p>Last night I attended the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Boulder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boulder</span></a> BVSD school district's District Accountability Committee meeting. I am the representative to my kids' high school at the DAC, that advises the school board on policy matters. It's a commitment I made to staying involved in local school operations, regardless of the outcome of the election last year.</p><p>The DAC is considering updates to policies surrounding the searches of and interrogations of students on school grounds. The DAC policy subcommittee made several positive changes that strengthen the protections this policy gives to students, who under these kind of circumstances are obviously in a power-imbalance situation.</p><p>But there was one change that I couldn't abide, and when I brought it up, it started a nearly hourlong debate in which many other DAC representatives chimed in with their own concerns.</p><p>The change was to give schools the permission to search students' mobile devices and laptops. It was a one-line insertion into an existing policy that gives school officials permission to search student lockers. </p><p>I made the point that phones/laptops often contain highly sensitive, personal information that falls outside the scope of any legitimate investigation, and that the language was overbroad and failed to take into account the need for student data privacy and limiting the scope of the search, and raises significant civil rights issues.</p><p>Another DAC member raised the issue that the policy seems to lay the responsibility for students maintaining the security of their devices on the students, even when an adult has access to those devices, which seemed weirdly out of sync.</p><p>Yet another DAC member was concerned that there was no guidance about how such searches would be conducted, and under what circumstances. Doesn't changing a policy like this lead to potential 'fishing expeditions' on specious evidence or even just allegations of misbehavior without evidence? </p><p>In the end, the DAC thought this policy would sail through and be passed along to the BVSD board for their approval next week. I think the policy needs significant rework and there's no way the board should pass it in its current form. I will speak at the school board meeting next week to get that point across, because the way it looks right now, I would not want my name connected to this policy.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/COpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BVSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BVSD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SchoolBoard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolBoard</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/electmorehackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electmorehackers</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/4thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PolicyHackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PolicyHackers</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TenthCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TenthCircuit</span></a> : Protest-Related Arrests Do Not Justify Dragnet Device and Digital Data Searches <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/arrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arrest</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fourthamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fourthamendment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thamendment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/eff-tenth-circuit-protest-related-arrests-do-not-justify-dragnet-device-and" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/eff-</span><span class="invisible">tenth-circuit-protest-related-arrests-do-not-justify-dragnet-device-and</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> Close the Loophole Letting the Feds <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> Your <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phone</span></a> at the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Border</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Customs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Customs</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Border</span></a> Protection insists that it can search electronics without a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/warrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warrant</span></a>. A federal judge just said it can't. <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cbp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cbp</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thamendment</span></a></p><p><a href="https://reason.com/2024/07/26/courts-close-the-loophole-letting-the-feds-search-your-phone-at-the-border/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reason.com/2024/07/26/courts-c</span><span class="invisible">lose-the-loophole-letting-the-feds-search-your-phone-at-the-border/</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybercrime</span></a> Draft Convention is a Blank Check for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> Abuses<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fourthamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fourthamendment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thamendment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/un-cybercrime-draft-convention-blank-check-unchecked-surveillance-abuses" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/un-c</span><span class="invisible">ybercrime-draft-convention-blank-check-unchecked-surveillance-abuses</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>The Age of the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drone</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> Is Here </p><p>A WIRED investigation, based on more than 22 million flight coordinates, reveals the complicated truth about the first full-blown police drone program in the US—and why your city could be next.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/4thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thamendment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fourthamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fourthamendment</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-age-of-the-drone-police-is-here/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/the-age-of-the</span><span class="invisible">-drone-police-is-here/</span></a></p>
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