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The federal government is using an 18th century law to force manufacturers to unlock smartphones and other mobile devices, and it has done so without congressional approval, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is alleging. The law, the All Writs ...

Are you engaging in “suspicious activity”? You might be, according to the federal government – especially if you take pictures in public. That’s the issue under consideration in Gill v. Department of Justice, a lawsuit filed by the American Civil ...

Did the federal government plan to monitor gun show attendees five years ago using license plate readers – but kept it quiet until now? That’s the charge being made by the ACLU in quoting an email from the Drug Enforcement ...

Cell tower dumps are becoming a popular tool for law enforcement, with both federal and local agencies using this controversial method to gain intelligence in high profile criminal cases. Once a judge issues a subpoena, mobile providers simply turn over ...

The FBI is asking a regulatory body to expand its legal authority so it can take over almost any computer in the United States or the world, even secretly turning webcams on, all with far fewer constraints. The request is ...

Many Americans are serving weeks or months in jail simply because they are broke, despite a Supreme Court ruling that banned debtors prisons. An investigation by National Public Radio (NPR) found that large numbers of Americans have been incarcerated because ...

Simply turning on your smartphone during an arrest can lead to a charge of wiretapping. Karen Dziewit of Chicopee, Massachusetts, found that out the hard when cops discovered that the audio recording feature on her phone was active during an ...

The United States Border Patrol is ignoring the Constitution and regularly trampling the rights of US Citizens, including many ranchers. That’s the allegation increasingly being made by residents of Southwestern states and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). “They have ...

The FBI is increasing its scrutiny of both visitors to the United States and American citizens under a new plan. The federal agency is in the process of hiring nearly 120 new full-time private contractors to “amass and screen data” ...

Search tactics employed by Border Patrol agents and medical professionals in New Mexico amounted to “sexual assault” and “molestation,” media sites and civil liberties groups are alleging. InfoWars, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and an Albuquerque TV station say ...