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The high court on Monday ruled that the use of a “geofence warrant” to capture location data from cell phones in search of a ...

The majority found that a request by police for Google to turn over a suspect’s location history constituted a search ...

The case involved “geofence” searches, which allow law enforcement to find suspects and witnesses by sweeping up location data from cellphones near crime scenes.

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Unwary crime suspects could be tracked by investigators who had access to their phone location records.