Across the country, surveillance companies have spun a vast web of tens of thousands of license plate cameras. The people selling this tech want you to believe that it’s for your safety, but how are authorities really using automated license plate readers (ALPR)? In this week’s EFFector newsletter, we’re looking at how these powerful surveillance networks have […]
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SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today demanding public records about their use of administrative subpoenas to try to identify their online critics. Court records and news reports show that in the past year, DHS has used administrative subpoenas to […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Virginia, and the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law filed a brief Monday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that invasive geofence warrants are unconstitutional. The brief argues that geofence warrants—which compel companies to provide information on […]
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