SCOTUS Rules Cops Need Warrant For Phone GPS

CNET reports:

The US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of digital privacy. In a 5-4 decision on Friday the justices decided that police need warrants to gather phone location data as evidence for trials. The Supreme Court reversed and remanded the Sixth Circuit court’s decision.

Carpenter v. United States is the first case about phone location data that the Supreme Court has ruled on. That makes it a landmark decision regarding how law enforcement agencies can use technology as they build cases. The court heard arguments in the case on Nov. 29.

SCOTUS likens cell phones to GPS ankle monitors #Carpenter pic.twitter.com/GJllPC1cR2

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