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Health Care or Spyware? Lawsuit Attacks Mass. Covid-Tracking App

…Sheng Li, litigation counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, said that this involuntary download policy violates the US Constitution’s Fifth Amendment, which forbids government agencies from taking a citizen’s property without just compensation. The memory inside a smartphone belongs to the owner, and “the government cannot take your property without giving you some sort of justification,” said Li…

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…Sheng Li, litigation counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, said that this involuntary download policy violates the US Constitution’s Fifth Amendment, which forbids government agencies from taking a citizen’s property without just compensation. The memory inside a smartphone belongs to the owner, and “the government cannot take your property without giving you some sort of justification,” said Li…Read the full article

November 22, 2022


Originally Published in Boston Globe