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Federal Appeals Court Finds Geofence Warrants Are “Categorically” Unconstitutional (www.eff.org)

submitted 2 months ago by DeadWorld@lemm.ee to c/brainworms@lemm.ee

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[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Big privacy win for those in TX, LA, & MS

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago

The new Fifth Circuit case, United States v. Smith, involved an armed robbery and assault of a US Postal Service worker at a post office in Mississippi in 2018. After several months of investigation, police had no identifiable suspects, so they obtained a geofence warrant covering a large geographic area around the post office for the hour surrounding the crime. Google responded to the warrant with information on several devices, ultimately leading police to the two defendants.