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Logan Koepke is a project director at Upturn. Logan’s research broadly focuses on the use of new technologies and their impact on criminal justice and financial justice issues. Recently, Logan has led major research efforts on pretrial risk assessment tools and law enforcement’s use of mobile device forensic tools, though his first project at Upturn led Google to ban payday loan ads. Logan’s career has been dedicated to civil rights: in the past, he’s worked on civil rights litigation in D.C., at the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern Law, and as a Leopold Fellow researching the punitive turn in American life at Northwestern University.
Logan earned his B.A. in History and Political Science, with honors, from Northwestern University, where he graduated in the Highest Order of Excellence. Logan is an aviation geek who also loves soccer.
Curious by default. Deliberate. Will go down the rabbit hole.
Amicus brief in Connecticut v. Smith
We filed an amicus brief in a case before the Connecticut State Supreme Court arguing that the Court should develop specific rules for the issuance and execution of cellphone search warrants.
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All work by LoganThis report is the most comprehensive examination of U.S. law enforcement’s use of mobile device forensic tools. Our research shows that every American is at risk of having their phone forensically searched by law enforcement.
PolicingIn this brief, we explain how the Government’s remarkable technical assertions — that mobile device forensic tools can only extract all data off of a cellphone and cannot perform a narrower search — are incorrect.
PolicingWe filed a legal brief in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania describing the capabilities of mobile device forensics tools (MDFTs) and how they facilitatate invasive searches of cellphones.
PolicingWe explain how online lead generation works, describe the risks and legal complexities specific to lead generation for online payday loans, document the widespread use of search ads by payday lead generators, and recommend interventions.
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