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Do the Police Need a Search Warrant to Access Cell Phone Location Data?

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The US Supreme Court is deciding a case that will establish whether the police need a warrant to access cell phone location data. This week I signed on to an amicus brief from a wide array of security technologists outlining the technical arguments as why the answer should be yes. Susan Landau summarized our arguments.

A bunch of tech companies also submitted a brief.

Tags: cell phones, courts, national security policy, police

Posted on August 17, 2017 at 6:12 AM61 Comments

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