💬 Opinion 6d ago · Jacob Sullum

A SCOTUS Case Exposes the Dangers of 2 Misguided Fourth Amendment Doctrines

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A SCOTUS Case Exposes the Dangers of 2 Misguided Fourth Amendment Doctrines
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Seven years ago, police in Midlothian, Virginia, sought to identify a bank robber by asking Google to search the records of more than 500 million people who used the company's "location history" feature. That search identified 19 devices that were in or near the bank around the time of the robbery, which police winnowed down to three people, including Okello Chatrie, the man who was ultimately convicted of the crime.
Depending on your perspective, that use of a "geofence" warrant was either an u

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