Hong Kong Police Can Now Demand Phone Passwords Under New Security Rules

Hong Kong police can now force phone unlocking without warrants under expanded National Security Law, making device encryption legally meaningless.

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Eben Moglen Snowden and the Future Part IV Freedom s Future

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Unbelievable. wannabe fuhrer Pedo Trump wants a surveillance state—warrantless spying on every American—while hiding behind immunity for himself. That’s not leadership. That’s authoritarian power grab, plain and simple. FISA 702 has already been abused again and again, #FISA702 #CivilLiberties
#NicoleOzer Named as Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Executive Director
Ozer, With Decades of Experience in Technology and #CivilLiberties Law, Will Succeed #CindyCohn as #EFF's Leader
Ozer comes to EFF from Center for Constitutional Democracy at UC Law San Francisco where she served as the inaugural executive director. Prior to that she spent more than 20 years at #ACLU of Northern California, where she has led the organization’s #Technology and Civil Liberties Program.
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/nicole-ozer-named-electronic-frontier-foundations-executive-director
Nicole Ozer Named as Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Executive Director

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...

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"The state of Minnesota sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for access to investigation materials regarding the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, two Minnesota residents who were shot by federal agents during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown earlier this year":
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/24/minnesota-shooting-renee-good-alex-pretti-evidence-lawsuit-00841757
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Minnesota sues Trump administration for access to evidence in Alex Pretti, Renee Good killings

The two Minnesota residents were killed by federal agents during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown earlier this year.

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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/

Episode 996: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Appears Likely to End to Ballot Grace...

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Episode 995: A North Carolina State Primary Race Separated by 23 Votes is Likely to End Up in Cou...

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OpenAI’s safety pledges in the wake of Tumbler Ridge aren’t AI regulation — they’re surveillance | The-14

OpenAI safety pledges after Tumbler Ridge raise concerns about surveillance over regulation highlighting risks to privacy governance and user rights implication

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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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