Geofence Warrants, Location Data, and the Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age

The Supreme Court’s consideration of geofence warrants represents one of the most technically and constitutionally significant privacy cases of the modern era. The core issue is whether bulk collection of location metadata—generated by consumer devices and cloud-based services—can coexist with the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable searches.

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Purism’s Product Philosophy in an Age of Government–Big Tech Convergence

Purism exists because individual rights are no longer reliably protected by policy alone. In practice, they are determined by the design of the technology people are required to use.

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Wired Confirmed iPhone’s Worst-Kept Secret: Closed Systems Fail at Scale

For years, Apple has sold the myth of the “unhackable iPhone.” A walled garden. A fortress. A device so locked down that only nation-states could dream of breaking in. Wired’s latest reporting just blew that narrative apart.

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Sim Swap Attacks Surging

SIM swap attacks are skyrocketing. A SIM Swap attack is when cybercriminals hijack mobile numbers by convincing carriers to transfer a victim’s phone number to a SIM card they control. Once successful, attackers intercept text-based authentication codes, unlocking access to cryptocurrency wallets, banking apps, and social media accounts.

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