15 stories tagged fourth-amendment, newest first.
20 points by gumby | 2 comments
Gizmodo article reporting that U.S. Customs and Border Protection searches of travelers' laptops and phones rose 32% in fiscal 2026, with privacy advice for travelers.
104 points by anigbrowl | 42 comments
404 Media article presenting footage of a police search using Flock license plate reader data that a judge ruled unconstitutional.
334 points by rbanffy | 304 comments
Ars Technica article on the border exemption letting US Customs and Border Protection search travelers' phones without a warrant, tied to an immigration advocate's lawsuit.
573 points by apwheele | 341 comments
Blog post by criminologist Andrew Wheeler arguing that searches of license plate reader data should require a warrant, citing his expert work in Schmidt v. City of Norfolk.
578 points by cdrnsf | 276 comments
Guardian news article reporting that the US Supreme Court ruled law enforcement geofence warrants for smartphone location data require constitutional privacy protections.
523 points by hn_acker | 94 comments
EFF Deeplinks post reporting that the Tenth Circuit ruled the Fourth Amendment does not permit broad searches of protesters' devices and digital data.
503 points by mikece | 93 comments
Reclaim The Net article reporting the Michigan Supreme Court ruling that unrestricted phone search warrants violate the Fourth Amendment and must be specific.
429 points by bradac56 | 163 comments
A 404 Media news article reporting that a judge ruled blanket police searches of cell tower data unconstitutional.
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361 points by coloneltcb | 251 comments
A Second Circuit Court of Appeals opinion (case 23-6181) holding that Google's terms of service do not eliminate a user's Fourth Amendment privacy rights.
773 points by throwup238 | 385 comments
Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.
498 points by computerliker | 152 comments
EFF Deeplinks post by Andrew Crocker on a federal appeals court ruling that geofence warrants are categorically unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.
366 points by rntn | 167 comments
Techdirt article on Senator Ron Wyden's letter revealing that the NSA buys Americans' data, including location data, from commercial data brokers.
358 points by walterbell | 152 comments
Reason article reporting that a federal appeals court ruled the FBI's seizure of safe-deposit boxes violated the Fourth Amendment.
400 points by LinuxBender | 119 comments
The Register article on Senator Ron Wyden's letter questioning the Hemisphere Project, under which the US government pays AT&T to let police search phone records, often without warrants.
950 points by panarky | 266 comments
EFF article reporting a federal judge's ruling that border searches of cell phones require a warrant.