You guys need to read this Supreme Court ruling because it is absolutely huge for privacy rights right now! They just issued a 6-3 decision limiting geofence searches by law enforcement, which means police can no longer tap into tech databases without an actual search warrant based on probable cause instead of the "search first and develop suspicions later" approach. The case came from a $195k bank robbery in Virginia that went cold until detectives served Google with a geofence warrant for everyone within range before and after the crime — which is insane because it essentially forced Google to search millions of innocent people's data just looking for one suspect! Google pushed back, only releasing three out of 19 tagged users; luckily one was Okello Chatrie who confessed, but his attorneys correctly argued that geofencing violates the Fourth Amendment. The government even tried to argue location data isn't protected because you "choose" to leave geotracking on — which is a ridiculous argument! We don't know if past cases are affected and it won't change Chatrie's sentence per TechCrunch, but moving forward law enforcement has to get real warrants with probable cause first.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2204298/the-us-supreme-court-restricts-use-of-geofence-warrants/
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2204298/the-us-supreme-court-restricts-use-of-geofence-warrants/