Supreme Court just slammed the door on warrantless location spying
In the era of mass surveillance, victories for privacy tend to be rare, making it that much more important to celebrate them when they occur. And, well, last month’s Supreme Court decision in Chatrie v. United States is just such an occasion.Being the first Supreme Court case in nearly a decade to tackle matters of privacy and government surveillance in the digital age, Chatrie specifically dealt with geofence warrants and the government’s ability to access user location history data from Google.
- ▪In the era of mass surveillance, victories for privacy tend to be rare, making it that much more important to celebrate them when they occur.
- ▪And, well, last month’s Supreme Court decision in Chatrie v.
- ▪United States is just such an occasion.Being the first Supreme Court case in nearly a decade to tackle matters of privacy and government surveillance in the digital age, Chatrie specifically dealt with geofence warrants and the government’s
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In the era of mass surveillance, victories for privacy tend to be rare, making it that much more important to celebrate them when they occur. And, well, last month’s Supreme Court decision in Chatrie v. United States is just such an occasion.Being the first Supreme Court case in nearly a decade to tackle matters of privacy and government surveillance in the digital age, Chatrie specifically dealt with geofence warrants and the government’s ability to access user location history data from Google. Recommended Stories John James expected a coronation. He got a reckoning instead Russia is spying on America from 90 miles off Florida. That’s not a distant war Forget identity politics.
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