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Ingenious? Orwellian? Or both? Supreme Court considers constitutionality of 'geofence' warrants
The U.S. Supreme Court is currently deliberating the constitutionality of 'geofence' warrants, which allow law enforcement to access location data from tech companies to identify individuals near a crime scene. This technique was notably used in a Virginia bank robbery investigation. The court's decision will address concerns about privacy and the extent of police powers in accessing personal data (NPR, NBC News).
The Supreme Court's ruling on geofence warrants could significantly impact law enforcement practices and privacy rights, determining how police can access digital data in investigations (CNN, NBC News).
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Ingenious? Orwellian? Or both? Supreme Court considers constitutionality of 'geofence' warrants
The U.S. Supreme Court Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images hide caption The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday about a relatively new law enforcement technique that allows police to tap into giant tech-firm databases to find out who was near the scene of a crime and may have been involved. Essentially the question before.
Supreme Court considers lawfulness of broad police requests for cell phone location data
WASHINGTON —At 4:50 p.m. on May 20, 2019, an armed man holding a cell phone walked into the Midlothian, Virginia, branch of the Call Federal Credit Union and handed a note to a teller demanding cash. At one point brandishing the gun, the man ordered the manager to open the safe. He walked out with $195,000. Police.
Supreme Court to debate whether police may seek sweeping cellphone location data in investigations
When an investigation into a Virginia bank robbery went cold a few years back, local police turned to Google. Authorities served the tech giant with a “geofence warrant,” which required the company to parse location data on millions of people to find a handful whose cellphones pegged them within 300 meters of the bank.