2026-06-29 16:11 UTC
NEW: In a major privacy win, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that authorities need to get a search warrant when requesting historical "geofence" cellphone location data.
Feds will need to show probable cause when requesting these type warrants, the court ruled, as "an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his cell-phone location information.”
The Supreme Court ruled that historical cellphone location data, even if collected by a third party such as Google, is protected by the 4th Amendment.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/29/in-major-privacy-win-supreme-court-rules-geofence-warrants-are-protected-by-privacy-rights/
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@Avitus@ioc.exchange 2026-06-29 16:16
@lorenzofb@infosec.exchange Like everything with the Trump loyalists on the SCOTUS, there's an ulterior motive to this. Just makes me wonder how they're planning to fuck us in the future.