Re:Federal Appeals Court Finds Geofence Warrants Are Categor...
by gpm on Monday August 12, 2024 @07:20PM
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> As the court noted, geofence warrants require a provider, almost always Google, to search “the entirety” of its reserve of location data
I haven't read the ruling, but this has always struck me as the key problem with geofence warrants that courts have been ignoring. A geofence warrant doesn't just involve a search of the location data that is in the area, it involves a search of all the location data collected worldwide to determine that it wasn't in the area. It couldn't be less localized.
I haven't read the ruling, but this has always struck me as the key problem with geofence warrants that courts have been ignoring. A geofence warrant doesn't just involve a search of the location data that is in the area, it involves a search of all the location data collected worldwide to determine that it wasn't in the area. It couldn't be less localized.