Hong Kong Police Can Now Demand Phone Passwords Under New Security Rules
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Hong Kong Police Can Now Demand Phone Passwords Under New Security Rules
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SAN FRANCISCO – Nicole Ozer has been appointed as executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation effective June 1. Ozer is a legal expert on privacy and surveillance, artificial intelligence, and digital speech. She currently serves as the inaugural executive director of the Center for...
Minnesota Federal Shooting Lawsuit Signals Major Accountability Clash
Minnesota Federal Shooting Lawsuit exposes a major clash over federal accountability, evidence access, and state investigative authority after deadly shootings.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/u-s-politics/minnesota-federal-shooting-lawsuit/
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US Government Uses Advertising Data to Track Citizens Without Warrants
CBP and ICE have spent millions purchasing location data from advertising brokers — enabling government surveillance without warrants or probable cause. This bypasses Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure.
Advertising companies collect vast location data from smartphones and apps. Data brokers aggregate this information and sell it to the highest bidder, including government agencies. Users are often unaware their data is being collected, analyzed, and sold.
Immigrant communities face particular risk. ICE uses location data to track and detain undocumented individuals. Activists and protesters are similarly vulnerable to monitoring.
What's needed:
Laws requiring warrants for location data access
Regulation of data brokers
Privacy-by-design technology: encrypted location services, privacy-preserving advertising
The normalization of constant tracking threatens fundamental rights to freedom of movement and association.
https://newsgroup.site/us-government-advertising-data-surveillance-tracking-2026/
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