Archive for August, 2019

Cell Phone Border Searches Limited to Contraband

  • August 30, 2019
  • Clayton Rice, K.C.

On July 25, 2016, Miguel Cano arrived at the San Ysidro port of entry to the United States from Tijuana, Mexico. He was sent to secondary inspection by officials of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) because of…

Facebook Listened to Messenger Conversations

  • August 16, 2019
  • Clayton Rice, K.C.

Google. Apple. Microsoft. Amazon. And now, Facebook is the latest tech giant to confirm using outside contractors to transcribe clips of audio from users of its services. Here’s the story. On August 13, 2019, in the lead article carried by…