New U.S.
Monday, 6/29, 03:48 PM
Supreme Court Rules Geofence Warrants Are a Search Under the Fourth Amendment
- In a significant win for digital privacy, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Monday that 'geofence' warrants — which sweep up location data from every phone in a defined area — are a search under the Fourth Amendment, imposing new constitutional limits on a surveillance tool police have quietly used for years.