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Supreme Court requires warrants for geofence searches

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The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that law enforcement must obtain a search warrant based on probable cause before accessing cellphone location data through geofence searches. The 6-3 decision in Chatrie v. United States strengthens Fourth Amendment protections for users' digital location history.

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