Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Keyword Search Warrant

[BOP]

This is disturbing beyond measure.

Today, the Colorado Supreme Court became the first state supreme court in the country to address the constitutionality of a keyword warrant—a digital dragnet tool that allows law enforcement to identify everyone who searched the internet for a specific term or phrase. In a weak and ultimately confusing opinion, the court upheld the warrant, finding the police relied on it in good faith. EFF filed two amicus briefs and was heavily involved in the case.

Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Keyword Search Warrant

Today, the Colorado Supreme Court became the first state supreme court in the country to address the constitutionality of a keyword warrant—a digital dragnet tool that allows law enforcement to identify everyone who searched the internet for a specific term or phrase. In a weak and ultimately...

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[GURPS]

‘Keyword Warrants’

“Keyword warrants are a blatantly unconstitutional way to transform every Google search into a government tracking tool,” Albert Fox Cahn, executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, told The Epoch Times in an email. Law enforcement in the so-called keyword warrants...

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[GURPS]

This is disturbing beyond measure.

Very ... lets just round up everyone that was in a given area ... It's ok right you have nothing to fear if you aren't a criminal ?

 

[Hijinx]

Pretty soon everyone who wrote they voted for Trump will be subject to warrants and property seizures.