The US Supreme Court restricts use of geofence warrants

Photo: Formal group photograph of the Supreme Court Justices – October 7, 2022. Seated from left are Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Samuel A. Alito and Elena Kagan. Standing from left are Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Photo credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Article by Lawrence Bonk. Engadget – June 29, 2026.

The US Supreme Court just issued a ruling that limits geofence searches by law enforcement agencies, which could have major ramifications for privacy rights across the country. For the uninitiated, this is a relatively recent law enforcement technique in which police tap into the databases of tech companies to see who was near the scene of a crime. […]

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