US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional protections

Today, the Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement cannot conduct geofence searches without proper constitutional protections. A geofence warrant allows police to identify everyone in a specific geographic area during a set timeframe by accessing cell phone location data. The Court has established that these searches must meet the same Fourth Amendment standards as traditional warrants and physical searches. According to The Guardian, privacy advocates view this as a major victory against unchecked digital surveillance. The ruling affirms that your phone's location data is not freely available to law enforcement without judicial authorization.

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