“Police are doing an end run around this well-articulated system of judicial oversight by just paying money instead of going to a judge.”
New from Francesca D'Annunzio: Civil liberties experts are raising the alarm about "Tangles," a law-enforcement surveillance software that allows police to bypass judicial oversight by spying on smartphone users without a warrant.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/
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