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Supreme Court rules that broad cell phone location data sweeps require warrants (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] plz1@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

So now LEO's will just buy the data, instead of getting warrants, right?

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

No, they can't obtain the data without a warrant.

That broadly covers every way that information could come to them.

It's like how the police can't search your apartment without a warrant even if the landlord voluntarily makes them a copy of the key.

[–] cheat700000007@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They can. What happens after that depends how rich you are and how corrupt your court is.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

So, like every other aspect of life in the US then