This weekend, The Washington Post published a deeply reported look at highway interdiction, a controversial tactic that has allowed police to seize hundreds of millions of dollars from motorists without formally charging anyone with a crime. Typically, police will stop a driver under suspicion of drug trafficking, seize their cash as evidence, and refuse to return […]
If youre arrested for overdue speeding tickets, is it acceptable for the police to search the phone on your person? How about if youre arrested for drug trafficking? In the eyes of the law, there is no difference: If youre arrested, youre arrested, whatever the crime. Isnt that an invasion of privacy? That depends on […]
In Colorado, a District Court judge is deliberating on whether Ramona Fricosu, accused of committing financial fraud, has to disclose her laptop password to decrypt the stored content. Marcia Hoffman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is counsel for the defendant. She alleges that Fricosu should not be compelled to give up her password for […]
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