Latest in Surveillance & Privacy
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Fourth Amendment Law by Analogy
A review of Orin Kerr, “The Digital Fourth Amendment: Privacy and Policing in Our Online World,”(Oxford University Press, 2025). -
Lawfare Daily: National Security, Counterintelligence, and Counterespionage: A Guide for the Perplexed
Former FBI Agent Derek Pieper explains counterintelligence and counterespionage investigations. -
Spyware-Based Searches for Domestic Criminal Law Enforcement
NSO Group’s and Paragon’s targeting of American markets warrant evaluation of spyware’s potential implications for domestic criminal justice. -
Huawei Is Betting on the Future with HarmonyOS
HarmonyOS is positioning itself as the operating system through which billions of users could one day interact with Chinese AI worldwide. -
Lawfare Daily: Matt Olsen Talks Iran, the Justice Department, and FISA 702
Former Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matt Olsen joins Lawfare Daily. -
The Situation: Thinking About Anthropic’s Red Lines
What does the AI company mean by “mass surveillance” and “lethal autonomous warfare”? -
China’s Agentic AI Controversy
AI agents have sparked an urgent debate in China about data privacy and security that holds huge lessons for the U.S. and the future of AI everywhere. -
Beyond Carpenter - A Legislative Framework for Mobile Location Privacy
A new chapter of federal law could bring clarity to the government’s acquisition of mobile location data. -
Installing a Content Patch in the Stored Communications Act
Replacing the SCA’s patchwork of carve-outs with a single warrant rule would better protect privacy and clarify the law. -
Data Proxies for the Stored Communications Act
Nondisclosure orders can prevent cloud users from defending their legal rights. A data proxy could act on their behalf. -
Harmonizing ECPA to Close Gaps and Increase Statutory Coherence
Modern communications and privacy law needs technology-neutral rules. -
Unpacking and Updating the CLOUD Act
Targeted fixes for a landmark cross-border data law that has been misread and underused.


