Of all of the recent technological developments that have expanded the surveillance capabilities of law enforcement agencies at the expense of individual privacy, perhaps the most powerful is cell ...

It’s been over a year since 35 ACLU affiliates filed over 380 public records requests with state and local law enforcement agencies seeking information about their policies, procedures, and practices ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether police can use cell phone location data, known as geo-fencing, to help solve criminal cases. Now, the nation is awaiting the high court’s ...

Televigation Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif., has launched TeleNavTrack, a mobile phone-based tracking service with integrated audible and visual GPS navigation, electronic time sheet reporting and ...

Many law enforcement agencies across the U.S. track mobile phones as part of investigations, but only a minority ask for court-ordered warrants, according to a new report released Monday by the ...

Editor’s Note: This story is the third installment in a series produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network. Goliad County police kicked off one human smuggling ...

Earlier this year ICE ordered new vehicles equipped with smartphone-tracking hardware. Cell-tower simulating “Stingray” devices gather records on phones in their vicinity. Luckily, Android 16 includes ...