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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday September 03 2020, @11:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the we-know-where-you-were dept.

Federal court rules geofence warrants are unconstitutional:

In another round of increasingly rare good news in the realm of privacy, individual rights and freedom, two separate US federal judges have found geofence warrants to be unconstitutional.

Geofence warrants have been around for some time now. Essentially, it's a new investigative technique wherein law enforcement, rather than surveilling a suspect to discover if they had been at the scene of a crime, they work backwards by identifying everyone that's been at a particular location and surveilling them until they discover which one of them is a possible suspect.

[...] US courts have recently begun accepting that our smartphones hold so much data about us that they should be protected by the fourth amendment, as an extension of our homes.

Three separate unsealed opinions from two federal magistrate judges have come to the same conclusion: that these warrants lack the probable cause and particularity requirements of the fourth amendment.

[...] It's disturbing to think of just how many Americans' constitutional rights would have been violated if the warrant was granted. Even more disturbing is other such warrants possibly getting granted regularly, aside from what information Google willingly hands over to governments.


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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday September 03 2020, @04:13PM (3 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 03 2020, @04:13PM (#1045899) Journal

    You know that is psychotic, right?

    Nope. And you don't know that either.

    If you can't produce a functional congress, that is a reflection on YOU! Congress is you people! You put them there, so please, save your breath, unless you like playing the fool.

    We already know you failed to sell the concept. So it's your fault and a reflection on YOU! Congress is you people! You put them there, so please, save your breath, unless you like playing the fool.

  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday September 03 2020, @04:20PM (2 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday September 03 2020, @04:20PM (#1045902) Journal

    Nope.

    Ah, so sorry, I keep forgetting, being on the inside precludes any possibility of you noticing.

    You speak gibberish. You are responsible for the people you reelect. Nobody else can be.

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    La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday September 03 2020, @04:26PM (1 child)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 03 2020, @04:26PM (#1045908) Journal

      You speak gibberish.

      You're projecting again.

      • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday September 03 2020, @05:40PM

        by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday September 03 2020, @05:40PM (#1045938) Journal

        :-) You're talking to yourself again

        I'll admit I was expecting better of you. Hope is eternal

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        La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..