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Listen live: Supreme Court weighs use of ‘geofence warrants’
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments regarding the constitutionality of geofence warrants, which compel tech companies to provide location data from cellphones during criminal investigations. These warrants are used when police lack a suspect but have a specific location tied to a crime. The case raises questions about potential violations of the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. The specific case involves a bank robbery in Virginia where police used such a warrant to identify suspects based on their proximity to the crime scene, as reported by The Hill and CNN.
The Supreme Court's decision on geofence warrants could significantly affect law enforcement's ability to access digital location data, impacting future criminal investigations and privacy rights, as noted by CNN.
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LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court considers whether geofence warrants for cellphones violate 4th Amendment
Mark Sherman, Associated Press Mark Sherman, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Okello Chatrie's cellphone gave him away. The Supreme Court will hear arguments starting at 10 a.m. EDT. Listen live in our video player above. Chatrie made off with $195,000 from the bank he robbed in suburban Richmond, Virginia, and.
Listen live: Supreme Court weighs use of ‘geofence warrants’
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case with potentially major implications for how law enforcement investigates crimes in the digital age. The justices will weigh whether geofence warrants — an investigatory tool that compels companies to disclose data from cellphones and other devices at a.
Supreme Court debates 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.