POLICE DRONESLawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent Armed Police Drones

By Matthew Guariglia

This is not science fiction. It’s not premature. If towns, cities, states, or the federal government want to act to reign in the emergence of armed police drones and robots, we have precious little time. 

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FISA SECTION 702FISA Section 702 Lapsed on Friday—What Now?

By Patrick G. Eddington

Congress was asked to extend, without a warrant requirement, a surveillance program whose compliance record cannot be independently verified, whose oversight bodies have been deliberately disabled, and whose custodians have shown a personal willingness to turn its tools on the press. The program did not go dark on Friday. The real question is whether the House and Senate leadership will finally tell Trump that embracing the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement is the only way to end this saga.

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SURVEILLANCEFrom Exporting Spyware to Surveilling Activists – How Democracies Became the New Digital Authoritarians

By Ihsan Yilmaz and Nicholas Morieson

“Digital authoritarianism” refers to governments using technology for surveillance and censorship to repress dissent. China remains the master practitioner, but democracies, too — in particular, India and Israel — are beginning to repress their citizens with the same tools and export them abroad.

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DETECTIONTechnologies for Identifying Deepfakes, Cyberattacks and Drone Threats

Artificial intelligence, advanced sensor technologies and immersive simulation are opening new possibilities for law enforcement and public security agencies.

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SURVEILLANCEU.S. Supreme Court Weighs How Far Police Investigations Can Go in Using Cellphone Location Data

By Jonathan Shorman

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared likely to allow law enforcement to continue seeking warrants for the location history of cellphones near crime scenes, even as the justices wrestled with how far the government must go to protect Americans’ privacy. 31 states and DC argue that geofence warrants can be more precise than many traditional investigative methods.

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SURVEILLANCESchmidt v. City of Norfolk Brief: Automated License Plate Readers Commit Fourth Amendment Searches

By Matthew Cavedon

Norfolk, Virginia, has deployed nearly 200 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) across the city, capturing every passing vehicle’s location, time, and identifying details—and storing that data for weeks. Now, two residents are suing.

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DRONESNew System Designed to Protect Drones from Cyber Threats

Adelaide University researchers have initiated the development of a world-first cybersecurity system designed to protect drones from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.

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