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Following the disclosure that the Biden administration suggested a $600 (now $10,000) barrier for bank account surveillance, many users on social media questioned if such a plan could be considered acceptable under the Fourth Amendment. They are not the first to inquire. In 1976, the issue of financial privacy was litigated all the way to the Supreme Court. The Court reasoned in United States v. Miller that a person cannot willingly submit information to a financial institution and expect that information to be protected by the Fourth Amendment. However, it's possible that it's time to revisit that decision.
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These are the kinds of problems that led to the 1976 ruling in United States v. Miller, which dealt with the gray regions of privacy. When evaluating the issue, the Court determined that when supplying information to a third party, one cannot properly anticipate privacy.
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The attack on the Capitol forces us to confront an existential question about privacy.
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Imagine Heraclitus spending an afternoon down by the river...
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Researchers discover that cancer cells go into hibernation to avoid chemotherapy effects.
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As the virus has spread, we have seen how none of us are immune, and how we need to work together to build and deploy solutions such as treatments and vaccines.
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Neuroscientists and ethicists wants to ensure that neurotechnologies remain benevolent.
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Here's why you may want to opt-out of Amazon's new shared network.
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US Senator Richard Blumenthal on Friday called on AT&T to stop pursuing plans to offer cellphone plans partially subsidized by advertising that he said would undermine consumer privacy. “Consumers expect that their phone and broadband providers are not spying on their phone calls and web browsing or using their private data for commercial gain,” Blumenthal, …
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It seems that every week is a big week for Big Tech these days. Sometimes hitting record highs, sometimes taking a big hit. But I wouldn’t be worried about market jitters. The real Sword of Damocles for Big Tech could come as early as this week, when a supposedly free-market Trump administration could launch a …
Following the disclosure that the Biden administration suggested a $600 (now $10,000) barrier for bank account surveillance, many users on social media questioned if such a plan could be considered acceptable under the Fourth Amendment. They are not the first to inquire. In 1976, the issue of financial privacy was litigated all the way to the Supreme Court. The Court reasoned in United States v. Miller that a person cannot willingly submit information to a financial institution and expect that information to be protected by the Fourth Amendment. However, it's possible that it's time to revisit that decision.
