civil liberties

I. INTRODUCTION Automated decision-making plays an increasingly larger role in policing. Traditional methods of police investigation have been augmented by tools like facial recognition, predictive analytics, license plate readers, and robotics. These tools allow the police to sift through large amounts of information at a scale and speed not practicable ...

The District of Colorado recently handed down an order in United States v. Fricosu requiring the defendant to decrypt the contents on her laptop so the government could access it. According to the Court, compelled decryption did not violate the Fifth Amendment’s bar against compelled self-incrimination. In reaching this decision, ...