#4thamendment — Public Fediverse posts
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Looks Like A Police State To Me, Says Federal Judge Handling Migrant Detention Cases
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Republicans Boebert and Massie were the ones who came up with this? Why didn't Democrats do it?
Either this is legit, or there are devils in the details. Either way, you can look this over yourselves
#SurveillanceAccountabilityAct
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Weird as it sounds, I think we need an actual law, like some kind of bill of rights, that says you can't notify me on my phone without offering me highly fine-tuned control of each kind of message.
Notifications intrude into my life. Sometimes my phone is on waiting for emergencies or other high-priority issues while I sleep. If a friend wakes me, I can have them dialed up or down in priority.
But Android is designed so Audible won't let me have control of my audiobooks in the lock screen without notifications turned on, yet once I've done that, Audible has no compunction against advertising new book releases in the middle of the night via notifications. I should be able to get cash compensation in court for that.
And my USB-C cable, once I plug it into my Android phone insists on randomly popping up an utterly inscrutible notification saying "you need to log in if you want to see notifications", or some such, and then when I do there is no notification to see. It was just random.
And Android Auto likes to give me two completely pointless notifications, one when I plug my phone into the car and one saying Android Auto is available. The first one I don't need a notification about because I just plugged in my phone. But more importantly, the second one is a lie. Android Auto MIGHT be available and it confirms nothing. The handshake may have been done wrong, so all it tells me is the thing I know already, which is that Android Auto is on the phone. But I might have to pull the plug and replug it to be properly connected. So the notification is worse than pointless and just floods my screen with stuff I don't care about that appears to need immediate attention. And then Android asks, as soon as I disconnect it, how my experience was. I always say "Bad" because part of my experience is getting asked that pesky message that I do not want and would happily say "never do this".
These all seem like technical problems, but they are not. They are reminders that we no longer control our lives, that companies can, at a whim, intrude into our lives with pointless rituals that whittle away our existence. I'm not being metaphorical when I say we need laws on this. I absolutely mean that if we don't write strong law on this, it will only get worse. Or we need to enforce the 4th Amendment on a theory, like Larry Lessig has effectively said in the past, that programmatic code is effectively a kind of government that binds us and our choices in life as surely as legal code does.
But what DO we get laws about? Having to login to use an operating system so they can track us better, know who we are and where we are at every moment. We need laws against such laws.
#marketing #notifications #android #ui #ux #settings #design #QualityOfLife #computers #LockScreen #permissions #law #legal #lawsuits #ClassAction #rights #HumanRights #BillOfRights #identity #intrusion #interruption #4thAmendment #government #code
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https://www.npr.org/2026/04/26/g-s1-118359/supreme-court-geofencing-explainer-video
#Privacy #Law #Internet #FBI #ICE #Journalism #4th #Constitution #eff #NPR #Google #GeoFencing #Spy #Government #FourthAmendment #4thAmendment #MobilePhone #CellPhone #Technology #SCOTUS #Crime #Resist #Protest #Orwellian #Warrant #Court #Criminal #HumanRights #ACLU #USA #Politics #Data #BigTech #BigBrother
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https://www.npr.org/2026/04/26/g-s1-118359/supreme-court-geofencing-explainer-video
#Privacy #Law #Internet #FBI #ICE #Journalism #4th #Constitution #eff #NPR #Google #GeoFencing #Spy #Government #FourthAmendment #4thAmendment #MobilePhone #CellPhone #Technology #SCOTUS #Crime #Resist #Protest #Orwellian #Warrant #Court #Criminal #HumanRights #ACLU #USA #Politics #Data #BigTech #BigBrother
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https://www.npr.org/2026/04/26/g-s1-118359/supreme-court-geofencing-explainer-video
#Privacy #Law #Internet #FBI #ICE #Journalism #4th #Constitution #eff #NPR #Google #GeoFencing #Spy #Government #FourthAmendment #4thAmendment #MobilePhone #CellPhone #Technology #SCOTUS #Crime #Resist #Protest #Orwellian #Warrant #Court #Criminal #HumanRights #ACLU #USA #Politics #Data #BigTech #BigBrother
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https://www.npr.org/2026/04/26/g-s1-118359/supreme-court-geofencing-explainer-video
#Privacy #Law #Internet #FBI #ICE #Journalism #4th #Constitution #eff #NPR #Google #GeoFencing #Spy #Government #FourthAmendment #4thAmendment #MobilePhone #CellPhone #Technology #SCOTUS #Crime #Resist #Protest #Orwellian #Warrant #Court #Criminal #HumanRights #ACLU #USA #Politics #Data #BigTech #BigBrother
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https://www.npr.org/2026/04/26/g-s1-118359/supreme-court-geofencing-explainer-video
#Privacy #Law #Internet #FBI #ICE #Journalism #4th #Constitution #eff #NPR #Google #GeoFencing #Spy #Government #FourthAmendment #4thAmendment #MobilePhone #CellPhone #Technology #SCOTUS #Crime #Resist #Protest #Orwellian #Warrant #Court #Criminal #HumanRights #ACLU #USA #Politics #Data #BigTech #BigBrother
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Judge Tells Border Officers (Again!) That They Can’t Arrest Migrants Without Real Warrants
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Supreme Court Shrugs Off Opportunity To Save The First Amendment From The Fifth Circuit’s Antipathy
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Supreme Court Shrugs Off Opportunity To Save The First Amendment From The Fifth Circuit’s Antipathy
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Supreme Court Shrugs Off Opportunity To Save The First Amendment From The Fifth Circuit’s Antipathy
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Supreme Court Shrugs Off Opportunity To Save The First Amendment From The Fifth Circuit’s Antipathy
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Supreme Court Shrugs Off Opportunity To Save The First Amendment From The Fifth Circuit’s Antipathy
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Using a #VPN May Subject You to #NSA #Spying
US lawmakers are pressing #TulsiGabbard to reveal whether using a VPN can strip Americans of their #constitutional protections against #warrantless #surveillance.
#privacy #security #fourthamendment #4thamendment #warrantshttps://www.wired.com/story/using-a-vpn-may-subject-you-to-nsa-spying/
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Trump Administration Moves to Allow Intelligence Agencies Easier Access to Law Enforcement Files
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The SAFE Act Is An Imperfect Vehicle For Real Section 702 Reform
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Hey Brett Kavanaugh, This Is On You:
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/hey-brett-kavanaugh-this-is-on-you/
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Former Federal Judge: ICE’s Home Raiding Policy Violates A Basic Constitutional Right
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ICE Director Says Officers Are Now Allowed To Make Arrests Without Warrants
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Since Last May, ICE Officers Have Been Told They Don’t Need Warrants To Enter Homes
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Warnings Mount in #Congress Over Expanded US #Wiretap Powers
Experts tell US lawmakers that a crucial #spy program’s safeguards are failing, allowing intel agencies deeper, unconstrained access to Americans’ data.
#privacy #surveillance #fourthamendment #4thamendmenthttps://www.wired.com/story/warnings-mount-in-congress-over-expanded-us-wiretap-powers/
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#CBP Searched a Record Number of Phones at the US #Border Over the Past Year
The total number of US Customs and Border Protection device searches jumped by 17 percent over the 2024 fiscal year, but more invasive #forensic searches remain relatively rare.
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…#ICE also reported a $2 million contract for #Penlink’s #Tangles & #Weblocs data systems on Sept. 25, which combine #socialmedia & #darkweb data to build detailed portraits of individuals. Weblocs allows clients to track the mobile phone location data of targeted individuals, information that government officials would otherwise need a #warrant to obtain. Penlink did not respond to a request for comment.
#Trump #law #4thAmendment #privacy #immigration #tech #SurveillanceState #fascism #NoKings
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9th Circuit keeps freeze on Southern California ICE patrols
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a stinging blow to the Trump administration’s mass deportation project…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #4thamendment #9thcircuit #america #city #effort #fieryopinion #Governmentpolicy #location #losangelestimes #lowcourt #originalorder #panel #reasonablesuspicion #sameway #southernCalifornia #TrumpAdministration #unitedstatesofamerica #USnews #USAnews
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#Google tools for required for #classwork are allegedly being used to build data profiles of each #student
Google faces #lawsuit for #spying on #students through mandatory #Chromebook use
Google also accused of operating on government's behalf, which would make data acquisition a potential constitutional violation, under #4thAmendment. It is also accused of violating a handful of other acts including #CIPA,Federal #WiretapAct, as well as the #COPPA.
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/google-chrome/google-tools-for-required-for-classwork-are-allegedly-being-used-to-build-data-profiles-of-each-student
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#KnowYourRights:
#Rights Versus #Realityhttps://www.acluohio.org/en/know-your-rights-rights-versus-reality-video-series
This video series seeks to engage viewers in conversation surrounding the realities that #Ohioans, particularly #PeopleofColor, can often experience when exercising their #constitutionally protected rights with #lawenforcement.
#ohio #police #1stamendment #4thAmendment #POC #bipoc #black #cops