The ruling is a victory not just for one Texas title company, but for the principle that agencies like FinCEN can only do what Congress actually authorized.
U.S. citizens are being monitored and punished with technology meant to battle illegal immigration.
Plus: Supreme Court pauses ban on mail-order abortion pills, TikTok's artistic merit, a defense of pickup artists, and more...
Plus: The Supreme Court says “demands for a charity’s private member or donor information” raises First Amendment problems.
"Geofence" searches illustrate the perilous combination of modern technology and deference to law enforcement.
The government wants access to millions of cell phone location histories. The Supreme Court will decide what the Fourth Amendment allows.
But the judge suspends his decision pending appeal, so that the appellate court has "time to consider and decide the merits of this case, absent unnecessary procedural deadlines."
Sen. Ron Wyden warns that Americans would be “stunned” at how officials have used the law.
Plus: The war with Iran is raising condom prices, increased legal liability for chatbot advice could backfire, and more...
The court ruled that police can demand a physical ID under the state's stop-and-identify law.
The city has created a network of nearly 500 cameras that routinely monitor innocent people as they go about their daily lives.
"Russell insisted that he didn't know how his credentials had been used to run the 'Gins' and 'Ginston' searches. But he theorized that 'potentially his cat had run across the keyboard and typed in those letters.'"
The president once said he wanted to kill warrantless electronic spying. So much for that.
After withdrawing a summons in the face of a legal challenge, the government is seeking a grand jury subpoena.
Following a backlash to its Super Bowl commercial, Ring owner Amazon announced that it was canceling a planned partnership with Flock Safety.
"We thought we were on the right side of the law," the Samourai Wallet co-founder tells Reason.
How the digital privacy rights of millions are at stake in Chatrie v. United States.
Plus: Wisconsin governor vetoes porn age-check bill, more charges for penis protester, the Komodo dragon theory of social media, and more...
Who cares if Bryon Noem likes pretending to have giant breasts?
The case could give the Court a chance to clarify what a "closely regulated" business is and what constitutional protections it enjoys.
The president is much less concerned about the law's potential for overreach now that he's in charge of the government wielding it.
The podcast is M. Gessen’s story about cousin Allen Gessen (who is the plaintiff in this case) and his murder-for-hire conviction. Extra juicy tidbit in this case: Venue!
Government-backed biowearables could generate vast streams of personal health data with few legal safeguards.
Unlike the MetroCard, the OMNY system requires train and bus riders in New York City to give their name and phone number to the government.
Technological innovations allow the authorities to see who has visited whole geographic areas.
Plus: AI for mass surveillance, Alaskan lawsuit to decriminalize prostitution, "enhanced" British regulation of streaming services, and more…
Plus: The U.S. could be going to war with Iran, the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, and why AI surveillance is worrying civil libertarians
The Trump administration will start collecting social media account information on immigration forms.
And paving the way for increased surveillance of all women
The move is a rare win for privacy, both for users and their neighbors.
The Department of Homeland Security argues it doesn't need a warrant to enter a construction site.
The 4th Circuit held that the doorstep of an apartment did not qualify as protected "curtilage" under the Fourth Amendment.
FBI Director Kash Patel pays lip service to the First and Second Amendments while casting suspicion on people who exercise their First or Second Amendment rights.
Under this understanding of the Fourth Amendment, an attorney at the Institute for Justice says, “there is little left of the rights of Americans to be secure in their houses.”
A proposed rule change would allow routine gathering of biometric data without a warrant.
Despite their general ignorance of constitutional law, bears pose a much less grave threat to your civil liberties than humans do.
Laws requiring porn platforms to age-check visitors are becoming "a Swiss army knife for the government."
Keonne Rodriguez explains why he built a bitcoin privacy tool, discusses the federal charges that sent him to prison this week, and warns that his case could redefine the legal boundaries of financial privacy.
Proponents say such IDs will make life easier and protect kids from dangerous content. But opponents worry they will make you much easier to target.
It's an insane—and frighteningly dystopian—interpretation of the law.
Katherine Dee examines how living online reshapes attention and behavior and makes the case for a more grounded, realistic way of using digital tools.
A federal lawsuit argues that the agency's policy of perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
So holds a Fifth Circuit panel, over a dissent. Note that part of the majority's rationale is that the photo would only violate the statute if the prosecution can show that defendant intended to invade privacy in a way "highly offensive to a reasonable person of ordinary sensibilities."
One claim is that CMU's Chief Diversity Officer illegally recorded meeting with student and the accused professor—and then apparently "asserted her Fifth Amendment rights when ... asked her if she did so or if she had a pattern or practice of recording student meetings, without their consent, in the scope of her duties."
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