On The Wire
U.S. Fifth Circuit Rules Geofence Warrants Are Unconstituional
- August 15, 2024
Geofence warrants have been held to be unconstitutional in a recent opinion delivered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sparking praise for its critique of digital dragnets and concerns about the broader implications whether any…
Google Backtracks on Discontinuing Third Party Cookies
- July 31, 2024
On July 22, 2024, Google announced the reversal of its plan to eliminate cookies in its Chrome browser. The decision appears to follow objections to Google’s alternative technologies by digital advertising companies. Instead, Google intends to introduce a new feature…
Russian Propaganda Bot Farm Disrupted
- July 15, 2024
Cyber intelligence officials in the United States, Netherlands and Canada have identified a sophisticated Russian bot farm that used artificial intelligence to facilitate almost a thousand covert accounts on the social media platform X. The U.S. Department of Justice said…
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