Supreme Court weighs 'geofence warrants' for police to get cellphone users' location data

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Supreme Court weighs 'geofence warrants' for police to get cellphone users' location data

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The Supreme Court probed the trickiest corners of modern technology, convenience and privacy law on Monday as the justices tried to figure out how far police may go in asking Google to turn over users' location data to. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.

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Supreme Court weighs 'geofence warrants' for police to get cellphone users' location data
Washington Times4/27/2026

Supreme Court weighs 'geofence warrants' for police to get cellphone users' location data

Supreme Court justices probed the trickiest corners of modern technology, convenience and privacy law Monday as they tried to figure out how far police may go in asking Google to turn over users’ location data to help solve crimes. Acknowledging they were touching on areas largely unexplored by the court before, the.

Privacy and law enforcement clash as the Supreme Court wrestles with 'geofence' warrants
NPR
NPR
Lean Left
4/27/2026

Privacy and law enforcement clash as the Supreme Court wrestles with 'geofence' warrants

Law Privacy and law enforcement clash as the Supreme Court wrestles with 'geofence' warrants April 27, 2026 4:43 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Nina Totenberg Supreme Court weighs geofence warrants Listen &middot; 4:25 4:25 Transcript Download Embed "> < iframe.