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Supreme Court to weigh constitutionality of police geofencing warrants for Google user data

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The article discusses how police in Virginia used geofencing technology to compel Google to identify users near a bank robbery scene. The Supreme Court is set to consider whether this warrantless search of tech company databases for user location data violates constitutional privacy protections. The case could redefine digital privacy rights in the United States.

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Police in Virginia used a technique called geofencing to tap into Google's databases to find out who was near the scene of a bank robbery
Geofencing allows the government to draw a virtual fence around a geographic area where a crime was committed
the government seeks a warrant — not to search a home or office, but to require a tech company to search its data to identify any of its millions of users who were within the geofence
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Police in Virginia used a technique called geofencing to tap into Google's databases to find out who was near the scene of a bank robbery. The Supreme Court will consider whether it is constitutional.

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