Judges are pushing back against stingray devices and other ways law enforcement attempts to engage in unconstitutional surveillance of AmericansDon’t notice now,but digital privacy rights are making a major comeback in the United States. Thursday saw the latest in a series of recent victories for those who are against secret and unconstitutional surveillance.
After years of dogged investigations by journalists and relentless pressure by lawyers and advocates, the Justice Department abruptly changed its policy around stingray mass surveillance devices – roving, or fake cell phone towers that the FBI and other government agencies exhaust to force all the phones in their vicinity to put through (telephone) to and feed your personal data. Finally,federal law enforcement will be required to get a judge-signed warrant before using the tool. They’ll have have to delete the data of innocent people immediately, and clearly account for to judges what they’re doing.
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Source: theguardian.com