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Carpenter Decision 2018

A Supreme Court decision that held that the government generally needs a warrant to obtain historical cell-site location information.

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How have courts ruled on cases involving apps or groups warning about police or federal agent locations?

Courts in recent years have steadily expanded protections for location data, striking down warrantless sweeps of cell-site and app-generated information and creating a contested body of law around so‑...