Mario Trujillo
@mariotrujillo.bsky.social
staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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I would like to apologize to the nice web admins at DROP, whose brand-new website I have apparently just DDoSed.
January 2, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I would like to apologize to the nice web admins at DROP, whose brand-new website I have apparently just DDoSed.
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Also, Justice Kavanaugh sounds like he really, really wants a second try at his decision authorizing Kavanaugh Stops.
He's now insisting that immigration enforcement should not be like EXACTLY WHAT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS LIKE UNDER TRUMP'S THUGGERY.
He's now insisting that immigration enforcement should not be like EXACTLY WHAT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS LIKE UNDER TRUMP'S THUGGERY.
![arrests in Illinois. The State and the Government disagree about whether the immigration officers have violated the Constitution in making certain immigration stops and arrests. The basic constitutional rules governing that dispute are longstanding and clear: The Fourth Amendment requires that immigration stops must be based on reasonable suspicion of illegal presence, stops must be brief, arrests must be based on probable cause, and officers must not employ excessive force. Moreover, the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity. Cf. Whren v. United States, 517 U. S. 806, 813 (1996) (“[T]he Constitution prohibits selective enforcement of the law based on considerations such as race”). This application does not require us to delve into the parties’ underlying dispute and to determine whether any particular immigration encounter or series of encounters in Illinois has violated those basic constitutional principles.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreiftd2dsbnwupyavikifhpranzsrgae4czsegm4dlyrwdixfumxmwi@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Also, Justice Kavanaugh sounds like he really, really wants a second try at his decision authorizing Kavanaugh Stops.
He's now insisting that immigration enforcement should not be like EXACTLY WHAT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS LIKE UNDER TRUMP'S THUGGERY.
He's now insisting that immigration enforcement should not be like EXACTLY WHAT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS LIKE UNDER TRUMP'S THUGGERY.
“The need for Mobile Fortify, according to that internal document, is for immigration authorities to identify people who can be removed from the country. But it acknowledges that it may be used against U.S. citizens, like in Gutiérrez’s case.” www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit...
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE's Facial Recognition Tech
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
www.404media.co
December 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“The need for Mobile Fortify, according to that internal document, is for immigration authorities to identify people who can be removed from the country. But it acknowledges that it may be used against U.S. citizens, like in Gutiérrez’s case.” www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit...
The company that makes this surveillance technology “started off as a cattle monitoring company”
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The company that makes this surveillance technology “started off as a cattle monitoring company”
"You're talking mad shit about Google right now"
Must-watch: Cory Doctorow on the Daily Show, explaining how we can rescue the internet from “Enshittification”.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2e-...
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Cory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From “Enshittification” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"You're talking mad shit about Google right now"
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I uploaded a copy of the lawsuit here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Is suing Pam Bondi (who ordered Apple remove the app); DHS head, ICE head for their support of it too
Is suing Pam Bondi (who ordered Apple remove the app); DHS head, ICE head for their support of it too
ICEBlock Lawsuit
www.documentcloud.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I uploaded a copy of the lawsuit here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Is suing Pam Bondi (who ordered Apple remove the app); DHS head, ICE head for their support of it too
Is suing Pam Bondi (who ordered Apple remove the app); DHS head, ICE head for their support of it too
ICEBlock is suing the government for First Amendment jawboning www.courtlistener.com/docket/72003...
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
ICEBlock is suing the government for First Amendment jawboning www.courtlistener.com/docket/72003...
The Criminal Complaint against the suspected January 6 pipe bomber refers to:
- tower dumps
- bulk review of Home Depot purchases
- ALPRs www.justice.gov/usao-dc/medi...
- tower dumps
- bulk review of Home Depot purchases
- ALPRs www.justice.gov/usao-dc/medi...
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Criminal Complaint against the suspected January 6 pipe bomber refers to:
- tower dumps
- bulk review of Home Depot purchases
- ALPRs www.justice.gov/usao-dc/medi...
- tower dumps
- bulk review of Home Depot purchases
- ALPRs www.justice.gov/usao-dc/medi...
"Agents also obtained a trove of location data from cellphones and digital advertising services . . . and issued subpoenas to 18 vendors that sold the type of sneakers the suspect was wearing." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Suspect Arrested in Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Investigation, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Agents also obtained a trove of location data from cellphones and digital advertising services . . . and issued subpoenas to 18 vendors that sold the type of sneakers the suspect was wearing." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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This decision is a big deal because one of the things that defeats probable cause is community ties.
That means it’s going to be much harder to snatch up people with established lives here.
One decision can’t help everyone, but this will help a lot.
That means it’s going to be much harder to snatch up people with established lives here.
One decision can’t help everyone, but this will help a lot.
Judge Howell just enjoined warrantless immigration arrests in DC without probable cause to believe the person is a flight risk.
Great work by ACLU and Amica
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71452...
Great work by ACLU and Amica
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71452...
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This decision is a big deal because one of the things that defeats probable cause is community ties.
That means it’s going to be much harder to snatch up people with established lives here.
One decision can’t help everyone, but this will help a lot.
That means it’s going to be much harder to snatch up people with established lives here.
One decision can’t help everyone, but this will help a lot.
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We've been collecting images of license plate readers in the US-MX borderlands for the last few years. In the wake of AP's report on how these are abused, we put together this visual guide to identifying them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
How to Identify Automated License Plate Readers at the U.S.-Mexico Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and scores of state and local law enforcement agencies have installed a massive dragnet of automated license plate ...
www.eff.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We've been collecting images of license plate readers in the US-MX borderlands for the last few years. In the wake of AP's report on how these are abused, we put together this visual guide to identifying them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
In 2023, Open AI received 0 government requests for user chats. Since then, they have received 47. That number will only increase (for example, Meta received more than 70,000 such requests in 2024)
AI companies need to be ready to fight back www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
AI companies need to be ready to fight back www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
AI Chatbot Companies Should Protect Your Conversations From Bulk Surveillance
AI companies have a responsibility to their users to make sure the warrant requirement is strictly followed, to resist unlawful bulk surveillance requests, and to be transparent with their users about...
www.eff.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
In 2023, Open AI received 0 government requests for user chats. Since then, they have received 47. That number will only increase (for example, Meta received more than 70,000 such requests in 2024)
AI companies need to be ready to fight back www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
AI companies need to be ready to fight back www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
25 privacy and civil rights groups agree: The Department of Homeland Security must stop using face recognition during roving immigration stops www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Rights Organizations Demand Halt to Mobile Fortify, ICE's Handheld Face Recognition Program
Mobile Fortify, the new app used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use face recognition technology (FRT) to identify people during street encounters, is an affront to the rights and dign...
www.eff.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
25 privacy and civil rights groups agree: The Department of Homeland Security must stop using face recognition during roving immigration stops www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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UPDATE: In a major step towards stronger legal protections for DC consumers, DC Superior Court denied the motion to dismiss NACA v. RentGrow. epic.org/judge-says-d...
Judge Says DC Consumer Protection Law May Hold Tenant Screening Company Liable for Inaccurate and Biased Report Data
<p>On November 21, the case brought by the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA)—represented by EPIC and Richman Law and Policy—against the tenant screening company, RentGrow, for…
epic.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
UPDATE: In a major step towards stronger legal protections for DC consumers, DC Superior Court denied the motion to dismiss NACA v. RentGrow. epic.org/judge-says-d...
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JUST IN: DHS drops subpoena directed to Meta/Instagram over alleged doxxing of CBP personnel. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
MetaSubpoena112425
www.documentcloud.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
JUST IN: DHS drops subpoena directed to Meta/Instagram over alleged doxxing of CBP personnel. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
There is still active Privacy Act litigation against DOGE and OPM, the agency making this claim
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
There is still active Privacy Act litigation against DOGE and OPM, the agency making this claim
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When a judge rules your city's dragnet surveillance program is illegal, this is the correct response: "SMUD will happily comply with the court’s decision." asamnews.com/2025/11/21/...
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
When a judge rules your city's dragnet surveillance program is illegal, this is the correct response: "SMUD will happily comply with the court’s decision." asamnews.com/2025/11/21/...
"SMUD will happily comply with the court’s decision." asamnews.com/2025/11/21/a...
A California court ruled utility companies can't team up with police to search through thousands of people's energy usage data without suspicion. Big win for the people of Sacramento www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"SMUD will happily comply with the court’s decision." asamnews.com/2025/11/21/a...
A California court ruled utility companies can't team up with police to search through thousands of people's energy usage data without suspicion. Big win for the people of Sacramento www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A California court ruled utility companies can't team up with police to search through thousands of people's energy usage data without suspicion. Big win for the people of Sacramento www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
"the system’s algorithm can flag an unusual 'pattern of life' for human inspection"
NEW AP INVESTIGATION: With license plate readers and local law enforcement partnerships, Border Patrol is monitoring American drivers and detaining those exhibiting ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in the U.S. interior. w/
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"the system’s algorithm can flag an unusual 'pattern of life' for human inspection"
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New suit from @mariotrujillo.bsky.social and me.
📢 BREAKING 📢
We're suing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to get answers about ICE-spotting app takedowns. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit: www.eff.org/press/relea...
We're suing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to get answers about ICE-spotting app takedowns. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit: www.eff.org/press/relea...
EFF Demands Answers About ICE-Spotting App Takedowns
SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) today to uncover information about the federal government demanding that
www.eff.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
New suit from @mariotrujillo.bsky.social and me.
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📢 BREAKING 📢
We're suing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to get answers about ICE-spotting app takedowns. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit: www.eff.org/press/relea...
We're suing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to get answers about ICE-spotting app takedowns. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit: www.eff.org/press/relea...
EFF Demands Answers About ICE-Spotting App Takedowns
SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) today to uncover information about the federal government demanding that
www.eff.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
📢 BREAKING 📢
We're suing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to get answers about ICE-spotting app takedowns. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit: www.eff.org/press/relea...
We're suing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to get answers about ICE-spotting app takedowns. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit: www.eff.org/press/relea...
Were DOJ's demands to tech companies like Apple and Facebook accompanied by threats? EFF is suing to find out www.eff.org/press/releas...
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Were DOJ's demands to tech companies like Apple and Facebook accompanied by threats? EFF is suing to find out www.eff.org/press/releas...
NEW: We're suing the DOJ and DHS to get their emails demanding Apple, Google, and Facebook remove apps tracking immigration activity www.eff.org/document/com...
Complaint - EFF v. DOJ, DHS (ICE tracking apps)
001_complaint.pdf
www.eff.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
NEW: We're suing the DOJ and DHS to get their emails demanding Apple, Google, and Facebook remove apps tracking immigration activity www.eff.org/document/com...
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Ring’s face recognition feature appears to be a billion dollar lawsuit waiting to happen. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The Legal Case Against Ring’s Face Recognition Feature
Many biometric privacy laws across the country are clear: Companies need your affirmative consent before running face recognition on you.
www.eff.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ring’s face recognition feature appears to be a billion dollar lawsuit waiting to happen. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...