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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

Surveillance tech doesn’t distinguish between red and blue. Americans are crossing the aisle to stand up for civil liberties.

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

It’s not just Flock that has people upset. When @4ac.nacdl.org litigated Chatrie v. United States to challenge geofence warrants, groups from across the political spectrum joined in support of privacy rights for cell phone location data.

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

The article finds that “This year, more than 100 governments in blue and red towns have paused or ended Flock contracts, according to DeFlock, an opposition group. Local residents are organizing, protesting and digging through records.”

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

From liberal Asheville, NC to conservative Oconee County, SC, communities are fighting back against government surveillance. Within days of each other, both places voted to stop using Flock 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

Part issue spotter, part model discovery request, it’ll help you cover your bases. And we can help with the rest.

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

The Checklist covers: - Facial Recognition - Device Searches - Geofences - Cell Site Location Information (CSLI) - Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) - Drones - Body Cams And more to come!

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

The Checklist covers: - Facial Recognition - Device Searches - Geofences - Cell Site Location Information (CSLI) - Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) - Drones - Body Cams And more to come!

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

Discovery is one of the hardest parts of litigating new surveillance tech That’s why we built our Omnibus Tech Discovery Checklist

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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-...

wired.com

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

Consider raising a challenge to ALPR evidence in your cases. Have an ALPR case and want assistance applying Chatrie? Reach out to us 4ac@nacdl.org.

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

Following Chatrie, police access to ALPR networks like Flock may be viewed as a search under the Fourth Amendment and require a warrant.

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

Chatrie reasoned that even short-term surveillance can reveal “indisputably private” trips to “the psychiatrist, the plastic surgeon, the abortion clinic, the AIDS treatments center, the strip club, the criminal defense attorney, or the by-the-hour motel.” So can Flock!

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

Using companies like Flock, the government has created a network of ALPRs that can be just as revealing as cell phone location data.

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

ALPRs blanket cities and streets and can recreate a person’s movements with precision, drawing on months or years of data. Some can even track people or objects.

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

Chatrie recognized that when the government can access an all-encompassing database of cell-user’s movements, it is armed with a “virtual panopticon” to scrutinize anyone’s activities on command.

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

Chatrie held that people have a privacy interest in their cell phone location history, even when it’s stored by a company and even for a short period of time. Police now need a warrant for that information under the Fourth Amendment.

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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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