Andrew G. Ferguson

Preorder today. “Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self-Surveillance.” #books #tech

License plate cameras may be next target after Supreme Court reins in location tracking therecord.media/license-plate-… @TheRecord_Media

@OrinKerr Funny. I just posted about this on Bluesky. Almost exactly at the same time.

It will be interesting to see if ALPRs are allowed after Chatrie—or, if warrants are permitted to use them, what kind of uses are deemed allowed with a warrant. And if ALPRs systems are not allowed, what about a single ALPR? What about an officer with an iPhone? Stay tuned.

@WallStreetApes @deray For more (and possible solutions) to the policing tech, smart self-surveillance trap we have built see “Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self Surveillance.” boltsmag.org/everything-eve…

Police officer becomes a whistleblower and says that Flock Safety Cameras are not what were being told they are He says they are not just capturing license plates, they are capturing everything and being used for mass surveillance without a warrant, “It records the make, the model, color, bumping stickers, you name it — it's a very sophisticated AI software that uses a camera system to track and monitor every vehicle that goes by the camera lens” “This information is shared city to city and even state to state without a warrant” “Your consent was never required nor even asked for or even thought about when your city governments was putting up this new technology. For example, the chief of the Pateka Police Department, she was confronted by a local reporter on this very question of what gave them the right to put up these cameras without consulting the public. Her response was, so the criminals wouldn't know about it and avoid detection. So there you go. That's their best argument about” He says he brought up concerns about privacy and transparency and in return he was suspended without pay He says we are headed the same way as the soviets and China He says this is what you’re told by authority, “If you are worrying about it, it's because you have something to hide. The philosophy that this innovation is already grounded on is already proven to be rotten. It's grounded on this idea that you, the citizen, are first and foremost a potential suspect or potential defendant that needs to be tracked and monitored for your safety and for the safety of others. It's the same philosophy that the Soviets and many authoritarian states during the 20th century adopted, and we all know how that worked out for them. It's the same philosophy that the Chinese are currently adopting right now and they have a similar surveillance system” Keep in mind I’ve also shared videos of the Flock camera called “Condor” This goes beyond vehicles and actually tracks you as you walk by. The cameras follow you, can zoom in and automatically detect you in areas This goes way beyond license plate reading. This is the mass surveillance network being established in America We are right around the corner from a police state

On marketplace tech talking about the Fourth Amendment and how “Your Data Will Be Used Against You” … marketplace.org/episode/2026/0…

@avitale I would include your book in any list.

@ProfFerguson Yet again, nothing about policing.

How the U.S. Justice System Has Evolved Over 250 Years | The Marshall Project #books themarshallproject.org/2026/07/04/ind…

@OrinKerr What do you think the vote count is on whether the third party doctrine applies in the digital age. Reading Kagan again after Gorsuch and it feels like a rejection of the third party doctrine.

If you're a privacy advocate, Chatrie is just about the best possible outcome you could have expected. A ringing endorsement of Carpenter, and a broadening of its principles, all from this Court, thanks to Kavanaugh as the fifth vote? That's surprising.

@BookAnonJeff I already provided the solution of how the Court can update the Fourth Amendment… in the book, but glad the Chatrie case came out the way it did. Of course, with a warrant everything you create in a digital age can be used against you.

Apparently @ProfFerguson already needs to update this book that you *really* need to read. Specifically in light of the Supreme Court's Chatrie v United States decision today. :D

@OrinKerr Also it’s an anti-rummaging opinion but no one cares about rummaging.

The conclusion of Chatrie is a ringing endorsement of equilibrium-adjustment as a guide: "The Fourth Amendment must, as ever, protect against unjustified governmental intrusion on the privacy of the individual."

Been There, Done That by @ProfGregJackson Your Data Will Be Used Against You by @ProfFerguson The Didymus Contingency by @JRobinsonAuthor @Soraya_Lane 's Lost Daughters series @kaybratt 's Hart's Ridge series The Project Eden series by Brett Battles (you'll never look at 2020 the same again) The Viral Apocalypse Trilogy by Michael McBride (he attempts to do *better* than King's Stand, and largely does) Decent mix there...

A preview of my forthcoming law review article on “agentic policing” but by an actual journalist. Great story, troubling future. stateline.org/2026/06/26/pol…

More than 40 years ago, I arrived in Chicago in search of an idea. I was a young man looking for purpose, who believed deeply in America, was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, and wanted to be a part of something larger. The America I believed in was one where everyone has opportunity, everyone is seen, everyone belongs—because that was an America that had a place for me, too.

important resource here: boltsmag.org/everything-eve…

@HedgieMarkets @ProfFerguson covers all of the legalities here and many more in his book that released earlier this year. Basically, we're fucked from a legal standpoint right now and it will take effectively a Constitutional Amendment to really ensure our privacy. Assuming cops follow it.

“Everything, Everywhere, All at Once Surveillance”: Your Questions Answered | Bolts boltsmag.org/everything-eve…

Prof. Huey: when does your book come out?

@Kinger_DC @IJ @Robert_Frommer @govtechnews

“What Americans are starting to realize is there’s been an entire surveillance industry erected around them,” - @IJ's @Robert_Frommer tells @govtechnews on the proliferation of Flock cameras. govtech.com/spotlight/why-…

I have jury duty today, for the first time in over 20 years. I’ve never been a “pick me” girl, but today I am. 🤞🏻🤞🏻

What self-surveillance means for our society | 1A the1a.org/segments/what-…