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Supreme Court says warrant necessary for phone location data in win for privacy

Posted by M. C. on June 22, 2018

It’s only illegal if you get caught – Anonymous three letter government agency employee

https://www.cnet.com/news/supreme-court-says-warrant-necessary-for-phone-location-data/

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The US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of digital privacy.

  • In a 5-4 decision on Friday the justices said that police need warrants to gather phone location data as evidence for trials. That reversed and remanded a decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

    Carpenter v. United States is the first case about phone location data that the Supreme Court has ruled on. That makes it a landmark decision regarding how law enforcement agencies can use technology as they build cases. The court heard arguments in the case on Nov. 29…

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