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Supreme Court Hands Victory to Privacy Advocates

In a victory for privacy advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that cell phone location data cannot be obtained by government agencies without a search warrant. In a 5-4 vote, the justices ruled that law enforcement authorities need a search warrant to obtain data that cell phone providers routinely keep about the location and movements of their users. The data, which shows the cell tower a user connects to at any given time, is routinely used by law enforcement authorities in...


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