A court has ruled that searching FISA Section 702 data for US person information requires a warrant or exception to the warrant requirement.

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Court Says Warrant Needed for U.S. Person Queries of FISA Section 702 Data

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Following years of litigation, a federal court has finally ruled it unconstitutional for the FBI to search communications of US citizens collected under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In a ruling unsealed last week, US District Court Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall decided that these “backdoor” searches violate the Fourth Amendment. As noted by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, FISA …

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FBI’s warrantless ‘backdoor’ searches ruled unconstitutional

A judge has limited FBI powers to trawl through data obtained from tech giants like Apple, Google, and ISPs under...

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Judge limits FBI powers to trawl data from Apple and others

A case that started a decade ago with a New York City man’s arrest at John F. Kennedy Airport for allegedly trying to join a Pakistani terrorist group has now dealt a setback to government spying powers. In a decision that could feed into a looming fight over government surveillance, a federal court ruled last month that FBI agents violated the man’s constitutional rights when they searched National Security Agency databases for information on h…

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FBI’s Warrantless Search Ruled Unconstitutional in a Blow to Government Spying

It’s a grind. But it’s been worth it. Last week, the court that’s been handling Agron Hasbajrami’s case for nearly a decade finally said what plenty of people have been saving for nearly as long: the FBI’s warrantless searches of NSA collections to target US persons’ communications and data violates the Constitution. Here’s Andrew Crocker and Matthew Guariglia of the EFF, detailing the lengthy background of this case (and this win) in a couple o…

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Federal Court: FBI’s Backdoor Searches Of Section 702 Collections Violate The 4th Amendment

The FBI trawled NSA records without a warrant to investigate a man suspected of trying to join a terror group, prosecutors admit. The post FBI’s Warrantless Search Ruled Unconstitutional in a Blow to Government Spying appeared first on The Intercept. Source

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Federal Court Rules FBI’s Warrantless Searches Unconstitutional, Sparking Surveillance Reform Debate

A judge has restricted the FBI’s ability to sift through data acquired from major tech firms such as Apple, Google, and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In a related matter, a privacy vulnerability has been discovered within Cloudflare, one of Apple’s IT service providers, potentially compromising the approximate locations of millions of web and app users before the issue was addressed. Ju…

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Judge Restricts FBI's Access To Data From Apple And Other Companies

Federal court strikes down warrantless FISA backdoor searches as unconstitutional A federal judge ruled that the U.S. government’s warrantless “backdoor

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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Following years of litigation, a federal court has finally ruled it unconstitutional for the FBI to search communications of US citizens collected under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In a ruling unsealed last week, US District Court Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall decided that these "backdoor" searches violate the Fourth Amendment. As noted by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, FISA …

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Source: The Verge 
Following years of litigation, a federal court has finally ruled it unconstitutional for the FBI to search communications of US citizens collected under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In a ruling unsealed last week, US District Court Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall decided that these “backdoor” searches violate the Fourth Amendment. 
This particular decision stems from a case involving Agron Hasbajr…

Court Says Warrant Needed for U.S. Person Queries of FISA Section 702 Data

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