SCOTUS: Smartphone Location Data Should Be Protected By Fourth Amendment

[rcjordan]

Whoa! There goes a big chunk of the surveillance state ...assuming they abide by the decision, which Debbie says is unlikely.

https://www.iflscience.com/smartphone-location-data-deserves-full-fourth-amendment-protection-us-supreme-court-rules-83976

[ergophobe]

Were you surprised by this ruling?

I definitely was. These practices have been allowed to either run free or have been supercharged by things like the PATRIOT Act and various local law-enforcement tech. I did not expect SCOTUS to take a stand on this one.

[rcjordan]

>surprised

shocked, actually

[Brad]

It surprised me.  This is a major ruling.