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Supreme Court Rules that Warrant is Needed to Access Cell Tower Records

posted by janrinok on Saturday June 23 2018, @11:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the only-got-to-ask dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

The Supreme Court on Friday put new restraints on law enforcement's access to the ever-increasing amount of private information about Americans available in the digital age.

In the specific case before the court, the justices ruled that authorities generally must obtain a warrant to gain access to cell-tower records that can provide a virtual timeline and map of a person's whereabouts.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the 5 to 4 decision, in which he was joined by the court's liberal members. Each of the dissenting conservatives wrote separate opinions.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-rules-that-warrant-is-needed-to-access-cell-tower-records/2018/06/22/4f85a804-761e-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html?utm_term=.a83a00384150

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 23 2018, @01:27PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 23 2018, @01:27PM (#697185)

    Could this be somehow related to the mysterious IMSI catchers located in DC and Herndon, VA; and all those other strategically-located places?

    Well, since Trump uses an off-the-shelf Android for calls and tweets (he refuses to use a secured phone), I assumed those stingrays were to capture his conversations.

    This is why Trump wins.

    Oh, yes ... all the winning. We can count all his winning on one hand with enough fingers left over to poke him in the eyes.

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  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 23 2018, @04:03PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 23 2018, @04:03PM (#697217)

    North Korea?

    If Trump woke up tomorrow, and told the world that he dreamed a cure for all cancers, and his dream proved to be accurate, you would still demonize him.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 23 2018, @05:25PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 23 2018, @05:25PM (#697247)

      Not sure what North Korea has to do with my post (nothing has changed there except Trump gave Kim a handjob). But Trump, he lies so often that I would have to go outside and look for myself if he was soaking wet and said it was raining. He'd rather climb a tree to tell a lie than stay on the ground to tell the truth. With Trump everything is always about Trump.

      I'm sure Trump dreams he cures cancer every night. And saves the world. And screws the world. And has statues erected of himself. And is emperor for life. And is a Viking.

    • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday June 23 2018, @07:20PM

      by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Saturday June 23 2018, @07:20PM (#697317) Journal

      You're declaring victory a little soon there.

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