On The Wire
Pegasus Spyware Maker NSO Group Found Liable for Attacks on WhatsApp Users
- December 31, 2024
The developer of the mercenary Pegasus spyware has been found liable by a California court for the infection of targeted devices belonging to 1,400 WhatsApp users. The ruling will have significant implications for an award of damages against the notorious…
Exigent Circumstances Justified Warrantless Search of Text Messages
- December 15, 2024
What is the result when the police seize a cellphone belonging to a known drug dealer and then impersonate him in text messages to lure a supplier into an arrest? This question was recently considered by the Supreme Court of…
Exclusion of Evidence and the Rule of Law
- November 30, 2024
The police showed up around midnight with a warrant to search a residential property in Oshawa, Ontario. Roydel Ramsay-Morris was arrested in the backyard and detained for two hours before he was given the right to call a lawyer. A…
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