Limiting information collected by state and local law enforcement agencies limits the amount of information that can flow into federal databases through fusion centers and the ISE.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Jan. 30, 2023) – On Friday, the Utah House unanimously passed a bill that would limit warrantless geofence location tracking and require detailed reporting on geofence warrants. Passage of the legislation would not only protect privacy in Utah; it would also hinder the growth of the federal surveillance state. Rep. Ryan […]
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The legislation would help block the use of cell-site simulators, commonly known as “stingrays.” These devices essentially spoof cell phone towers, tricking any device within range into connecting to the stingray instead of the tower, allowing law enforcement to sweep up communications content, as well as locate and track the person in possession of a specific phone or electronic device.
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The proposed law would ban the search of geolocation data or keyword data of a group of people who are under no individual suspicion of having committed a crime but rather are defined by having been at a given location at a given time or searched particular words, phrases, character strings, or websites. It would also bar courts from issuing reverse location search warrants and create a process to suppress any evidence gathered in violation of the law.
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A bill filed in the Oklahoma Senate would ban the use of “stingrays” to track the location of phones without a warrant in most situations. The passage of the bill would not only protect privacy in the Sooner State; it would also hinder one aspect of the federal surveillance state.
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The Department of Homeland Security has collected reams of location data from a private vendor in order to track people across the United States.
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Surveillance cameras will soon be able to identify everyone by "talking" to their cell phones thanks to research by a university with ties to the federal surveillance state.
Michael Boldin and Mike Maharrey discuss some of the many - many - ways that government tracks and stalks you.
The state of New York is using facial recognition cameras to identify drivers and passengers at toll booths. A recent article in the New York Post revealed that toll booths use facial recognition to identify everyone. “We are now moving to facial-recognition technology, which takes it to a whole new level, where it can see…
LINCOLN, Neb. (July 18, 2018) – Tomorrow, a Nebraska law goes into effect that puts limitations on the storage and sharing of information collected by Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) by law enforcement in the state. The new law also places significant roadblocks in the way of a federal program using states to help track…