Episode 252: Surveillance In America, Pt 4: No Warrant Required

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Carpenter v. United States on phone privacy and the subsequent actions of data brokers and government agencies.

The ACLU's Nate Freed Wessler won Carpenter v. United States and changed how the Fourth Amendment applies to your phone. But data brokers found a workaround — and the IRS, the Pentagon, and ICE all bought in. Make yourself harder to find, harder to hit: https://joindeleteme.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• surveillance
• Fourth Amendment
• data privacy
• data brokers
• law enforcement
• technology

Keywords

• surveillance
• Fourth Amendment
• data brokers
• IRS
• Pentagon
• ICE
• privacy
• Nate Freed Wessler

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ACLU, United States, IRS, Pentagon, ICE

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