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Public Defenseless Podcast @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Police had no suspect. So they got a warrant for every phone Google tracked inside a circle on a map. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3: that's a Fourth Amendment search. Jumana Musa (@nacdl.org) joins Hunter. Now available to Patreon subscribers: linktr.ee/pdefenseless...

A charcoal card from the Public Defenseless Podcast, Episode 517. Red text reads "No suspect. No leads." Beside it, a red outlined circle holds 19 dots, 3 of them red. White text reads "Just a circle on a map, and every phone Google tracked inside it." Grey text adds "The Supreme Court: that's a Fourth Amendment search." A pull quote reads "Whatever your belief system is, the government doesn't belong in it unless they can actually tell a judge why something illegal has happened and why they believe you have been implicated." It is attributed to Jumana Musa, Director, Fourth Amendment Center, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Red text at the bottom reads "Now available to Patreon subscribers," above linktr.ee/pdefenselesspodcast.

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Public Defenseless Podcast @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Police got one warrant. After that, they and Google narrowed the list between themselves, no judge in the loop. Jumana Musa on the Chatrie ruling: pulling your location history is a Fourth Amendment search. Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/3l42...

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NACDL @nacdl.org · 29/09/2026

🧵A surveillance vendor is telling police it can add facial recognition to Flock camera data. Flock says it never will. Someone else is ready to jump in. New reporting from @404media.co: www.404media.co/surveillance...

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Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras

A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.

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NACDL Fourth Amendment Center @4ac.nacdl.org · 19/09/2026

The nationwide backlash against automatic license plate readers is “uniting Trump country and progressive strongholds alike,” according to the Wall Street Journal.

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NACDL @nacdl.org · 02/09/2026

Lol. Axon: "We ain't them Flock snoopers you've learned to hate: we're a whole 'nother snooper you ain't hated yet!" 😆 Cops asked Axon to change their camera's shape "for the optics" while they "batten down the hatches." Same warrantless plate-tracking, new disguise. 👀 🧵 via @404media.co

Same snooping. New disguise. Cops asked Axon to redesign its license-plate cameras so the public won't recognize them. Warrentless tracking of every plate that drives past.

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NACDL Fourth Amendment Center @4ac.nacdl.org · 25/08/2026

Let us paint a picture: - Discovery requests are due - There’s some weird tech at play that you haven’t seen before or don’t know much about - You’re not sure what’s happening or what to ask for - Maybe you’re a little stressed Sound familiar?

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Council on Criminal Justice @counciloncj.org · 12/08/2026

How can policymakers and law enforcement agencies balance the public safety potential of new technologies while ensuring the protection of privacy and civil liberties? 📆 Register now for CCJ’s next webinar on 8/25 at 12pm ET: events.zoom.us/ev/Ap36yA99J...

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NACDL Fourth Amendment Center @4ac.nacdl.org · 21/08/2026

Sadly, this news doesn't 'shock' us. Aggressive police tech & surveillance in schools have become the norm for youth today. More on this topic in our forthcoming report, "Algorithmic Adolescence." apnews.com/article/shoc...

apnews.com

Nebraska's largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves on students

Omaha police agreed to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks in the halls of Nebraska's largest public school district.

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NACDL Fourth Amendment Center @4ac.nacdl.org · 19/08/2026

ALPR systems like Flock track more than your license plate! They can also do pattern analysis and search by “a place, a stretch of time, and a pattern of behavior.” Sound familiar? A virtual panopticon by any other name… www.wired.com/story/flock-...

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Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code

Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plate...

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NACDL @nacdl.org · 14/08/2026

Automated License Plate Readers scan and log every car that passes, building a searchable record of where you've been. How can defenders challenge it? Join our 9/23 webinar on how police use networks like Flock, the constitutional stakes and how to fight it. Register: www.nacdl.org/Event/Engage...

How ALPR surveillance works, how it's abused, and how to challenge it. Wednesday, September 23, 3pm Eastern

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NACDL Fourth Amendment Center @4ac.nacdl.org · 13/08/2026

What does the Supreme Court’s Chatrie decision mean for ALPRs like Flock?

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NACDL Fourth Amendment Center @4ac.nacdl.org · 11/08/2026

@nacdl.org's Fourth Amendment Center is now on Bluesky! Follow us for the latest news and resources on new surveillance tools, technologies, and tactics that infringe on the constitutional rights of people in America.

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NACDL @nacdl.org · 11/08/2026

🧵First came the Flock cameras. Now come the drones. Hundreds of police departments are rolling out autonomous, AI-driven surveillance drones that can follow one car across a whole city and film through your apartment window. A new @truthout.org report lays it out.

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NACDL @nacdl.org · 10/08/2026

"I don't think judges understand the country is now blanketed with these things and they're all interconnected." That is Sid Thaxter of NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center in The New York Times on Flock's creepy license plate cameras. They read your plate everywhere you drive. And they never forget.

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NACDL @nacdl.org · 06/08/2026

BIG Fourth Amendment win. "Tower dumps are per se unconstitutional general warrants," U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves held last night in Mississippi. The court relied on Chatrie and Smith, landmark NACDL Fourth Amendment Center victories. Read the ruling: www.nacdl.org/getattachmen...

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