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Victory! Tenth Circuit Finds Fourth Amendment Doesn’t Support Broad Search of Protesters’ Devices and Digital Data

In a big win for protesters’ rights, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit overturned a lower court’s dismissal of a challenge to sweeping warrants to search a protester’s devices and digital data and a nonprofit’s social media data.The case, Armendariz v. City of Colorado Springs, arose...

Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org)

A federal appeals court ruled that police can’t use overly broad search warrants to scrape everything on someone’s phone or digital accounts after a protest — like texts, photos, location history, or social media.

The court said those warrants were too vague and violated basic Fourth Amendment privacy protections.

#privacy #digitalrights #EFF #civilrights #surveillance

Amazon Change Means Wishlists Might Expose Your Address

Amazon is allowing gift senders to choose items from third-party sellers, which could open recipients up to new privacy risks.

404 Media (www.404media.co)

Amazon is changing how wishlists work: starting March 25, third-party sellers will be able to see full shipping addresses for public gift lists, not just the buyer’s city/state. That means people using public wishlists — especially creators, influencers, and others who value privacy — could have their home addresses shared with sellers and visible to gift buyers. Amazon now recommends PO boxes or removing address info to protect user privacy.

#Privacy #Amazon

Mastodon is testing easier ways to get you started in the fediverse

Mastodon is testing new features to simplify the sign-up process for new users, starting with default server recommendations in the iOS and Android apps.

The Verge (www.theverge.com)

Mastodon is testing new onboarding experiments aimed at improving the experience for first-time users.

In the mobile app, some newcomers may now see a prompt to join a recommended server instead of the default “join mastodon.social” option that typically appears during signup.

#SocialMedia #Mastodon