Supreme Court Cell Phone Decision Is a Victory for Reality

Expand A woman uses her cell phones in Manhattan, New York, U.S., January 30, 2018. © 2018 Reuters In today’s five-to-four majority opinion in Carpenter v. United States, the US Supreme Court found that police need to get a warrant from a judge before demanding location data generated by your cell phone. In this case, Chief Justice John Roberts did something crucial but rare in US court decisions about digital privacy: he recognized reality. Cell phones, as Roberts had previously acknowledged, are an integral part of modern life. And in order to function, your phone continuously produces…

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