US Federal Court Rules Against Geofence Warrants

Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/08/us-federal-court-rules-against-geofence-warrants.html

This is a big deal. A US Appeals Court ruled that geofence warrants—these are general warrants demanding information about all people within a geographical boundary—are unconstitutional.

The decision seems obvious to me, but you can’t take anything for granted.