Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data Unconstitutional
This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. Subscribe to them here.A judge in Nevada has ruled that “tower dumps”—the law enforcement practice of grabbing vast troves of private personal data from cell towers—is unconstitutional. The judge also ruled that the cops could, this one time, still use the evidence they obtained through this unconstitutional search. Cell towers record the location of phones near them about e...
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