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 ...

Explore how geofence warrants and AI-assisted searches challenge the Fourth Amendment. Can 18th-century privacy laws survive 21st-century digital surveillance?

Some justices seemed to advocate for a relatively narrow ruling that would clarify what such warrants require, even if it ...

Police track down unidentified suspects through smartphone data. The Supreme Court will decide whether such 'groundbreaking' ...

Justices heard arguments over geofence warrants, a police tool that can reveal millions of users’ location histories.

Justices weigh whether use of a "geofence" search warrant is an unobjectionable example of smart police work or an outrageous ...

“Big Brother is watching you” is no longer a fictional admonition. Your location is recorded wherever you go — by phone ...

Anyone who has a cellphone and uses apps from tech companies like Google for their online calendars, maps, or email should ...

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