#geofence — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #geofence, aggregated by home.social.
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Associated Press: A bank robber’s cellphone gave him away. Now the Supreme Court is hearing his case . “The geofence warrant police served on Google found that [Okello] Chatrie’s cellphone was among a handful of devices in the vicinity of the bank around the time it was robbed. Now the Supreme Court will decide whether geofence warrants violate the Fourth Amendment’s ban on unreasonable […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/03/associated-press-a-bank-robbers-cellphone-gave-him-away-now-the-supreme-court-is-hearing-his-case/ -
#US #SupremeCourt appears split over controversial use of '#geofence' search #warrants
The case, Chatrie v. United States, centers on the government’s controversial use of so-called “geofence” #searchwarrants. #Lawenforcement and federal agents use these warrants to compel tech companies, like Google, to turn over information about which of its billions of users were in a certain place and time based on their #phone’s location.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/28/scotus-chatrie-geofence-search-warrant-ruling-arguments/ #privacy #surveillance -
A bank robber’s cellphone gave him away. Now the Supreme Court is hearing his case
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#SCOTUS Reviews Police Use of #Cell #Location #Data to Find Criminals
#Geofence searches allow law enforcement to find suspects & witnesses by sweeping up #LocationData from cellphone users near crime scenes.
Geofence searches have become increasingly popular as a tool for law enforcement, but critics say they put at risk the personal data of everyday Americans & violate the #Constitution.
#law #privacy #InfoSec
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/us/politics/supreme-court-cell-data-geofence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
#SCOTUS Reviews Police Use of #Cell #Location #Data to Find Criminals
#Geofence searches allow law enforcement to find suspects & witnesses by sweeping up #LocationData from cellphone users near crime scenes.
Geofence searches have become increasingly popular as a tool for law enforcement, but critics say they put at risk the personal data of everyday Americans & violate the #Constitution.
#law #privacy #InfoSec
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/us/politics/supreme-court-cell-data-geofence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
#SCOTUS Reviews Police Use of #Cell #Location #Data to Find Criminals
#Geofence searches allow law enforcement to find suspects & witnesses by sweeping up #LocationData from cellphone users near crime scenes.
Geofence searches have become increasingly popular as a tool for law enforcement, but critics say they put at risk the personal data of everyday Americans & violate the #Constitution.
#law #privacy #InfoSec
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/us/politics/supreme-court-cell-data-geofence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
#SCOTUS Reviews Police Use of #Cell #Location #Data to Find Criminals
#Geofence searches allow law enforcement to find suspects & witnesses by sweeping up #LocationData from cellphone users near crime scenes.
Geofence searches have become increasingly popular as a tool for law enforcement, but critics say they put at risk the personal data of everyday Americans & violate the #Constitution.
#law #privacy #InfoSec
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/us/politics/supreme-court-cell-data-geofence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
#SCOTUS Reviews Police Use of #Cell #Location #Data to Find Criminals
#Geofence searches allow law enforcement to find suspects & witnesses by sweeping up #LocationData from cellphone users near crime scenes.
Geofence searches have become increasingly popular as a tool for law enforcement, but critics say they put at risk the personal data of everyday Americans & violate the #Constitution.
#law #privacy #InfoSec
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/us/politics/supreme-court-cell-data-geofence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
MinnPost: These warrants let police sweep up data from anyone near a crime scene. A bipartisan Minnesota bill says they should be illegal. . “Law enforcement can request data related to crime scenes – or more expansive areas – and work backwards to look for suspects. A group of bipartisan Minnesota lawmakers says they should be illegal except in emergency scenarios. They argue reverse […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/19/minnpost-these-warrants-let-police-sweep-up-data-from-anyone-near-a-crime-scene-a-bipartisan-minnesota-bill-says-they-should-be-illegal/ -
#EFF to Supreme Court: Shut Down Unconstitutional #Geofence Searches
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-supreme-court-shut-down-unconstitutional-geofence-searches
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EFF to #SupremeCourt : Shut Down #Unconstitutional #Geofence Searches
Digital #Dragnets Violate #FourthAmendment , Brief Argues
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union ( #ACLU ), the ACLU of #Virginia, and the Center on #Privacy & Technology at #GeorgetownLaw filed a brief Monday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that invasive geofence #warrants are unconstitutional.
#scotus #privacyhttps://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-supreme-court-shut-down-unconstitutional-geofence-searches
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#SupremeCourt to consider whether #geofence #warrants are #constitutional
Case centers Okello Chatrie, Virginia man who pleaded guilty to a 2019 robbery for stealing $195,000 at gunpoint.
#Police found security camera footage showing man on phone near credit union that was robbed and asked #Google to produce #locationdata near robbery site so they could determine who committed crime. They did so, providing police with subscriber data for 3 people, one of whom was Chatrie.
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#LRX #CyberSecurity @bespacific
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 24, 2026
Five highlights from this week: AI Fools Itself: Top #Chatbots Don’t Recognize AI-Generated Videos; FBI’s Washington Post Investigation Shows How Your Printer Can Snitch on You; #SCOTUS to Hear Case on #Geofence Warrants; Confusion and fear send people to #Reddit for cybersecurity advice; and AI-Powered #Surveillance in Schools.
Posted in: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Legal Research, #privacy Social Media
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A geofence-based social network app 6 years in development
#HackerNews #geofence #socialnetwork #app #development #technology #innovation #LocalVideoApp
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A geofence-based social network app 6 years in development
#HackerNews #geofence #socialnetwork #app #development #technology #innovation #LocalVideoApp
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A geofence-based social network app 6 years in development
#HackerNews #geofence #socialnetwork #app #development #technology #innovation #LocalVideoApp
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A geofence-based social network app 6 years in development
#HackerNews #geofence #socialnetwork #app #development #technology #innovation #LocalVideoApp
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A geofence-based social network app 6 years in development
#HackerNews #geofence #socialnetwork #app #development #technology #innovation #LocalVideoApp
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#AppealsCourt Sidesteps The Big Questions on #Geofence #Warrants
The practical outcome of this sentence is clear: the evidence collected from a #geofencewarrant issued to Google can be used against the defendant in this case. But that is largely where the clarity ends.
As a result, the new opinion in Chatrie is a missed opportunity for the Fourth Circuit to join both other appellate courts to have considered the issue in finding geofence warrants unconstitutional
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/appeals-court-sidesteps-big-questions-geofence-warrants
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Appeals Court Sidesteps The Big Questions on #Geofence #Warrants
Another federal appeals court has ruled on controversial geofence warrants—sort of. Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the #FourthCircuit sitting en banc issued a single sentence opinion affirming the lower court opinion in USA v. #Chatrie. The practical outcome of this sentence is clear: the #evidence collected from a geofence warrant issued to #Google can be used against the defendant in this case
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/appeals-court-sidesteps-big-questions-geofence-warrants
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MN Court of Appeals: #Geofence warrants are constitutional. Legal analysis of the decision by #Minnesota #lawyer David Lundgren is below.
We're interested to hear opinions on this emerging legal issue.
https://lundgrenjohnson.com/geofence-warrants-deemed-constitutional-in-minnesota-video-analysis/
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Hackers Crack Subaru's Connected Services to Access Data, Door Locks and More
https://jalopnik.com/hackers-crack-subarus-connected-services-to-access-loca-1851746393
#ycombinator #Subaru #Starlink #Wireless_networking #Satellite_Internet_access #Sam_Curry #Space_technology #Shubham_Shah #SpaceX_satellites #Geofence #Jalopnik -
DJI just said "We don't give a fuck where you fly it anymore!"
DJI will no longer stop drones from flying over airports, wildfires, and the White House
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24343928/dji-no-more-geofencing-no-fly-zone
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[#RightWing appointed #judges]… have chipped away at the #DOJ’s cases against #Jan6 rioters — & several other threats loom that could further erode the largest & most complex federal probe in history.
Many of DOJ’s recent cases have relied on a “#geofence” warrant to #Google —using devices’ location #tracking to ID people inside the restricted area of the Capitol on #J6. But the [#ultraconservative] #5thCircuit recently found geofence warrants are unconstitutional.
#law
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/27/jan-6-cases-legal-challenges-political-threats-00181313 -
[#RightWing appointed #judges]… have chipped away at the #DOJ’s cases against #Jan6 rioters — & several other threats loom that could further erode the largest & most complex federal probe in history.
Many of DOJ’s recent cases have relied on a “#geofence” warrant to #Google —using devices’ location #tracking to ID people inside the restricted area of the Capitol on #J6. But the [#ultraconservative] #5thCircuit recently found geofence warrants are unconstitutional.
#law
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/27/jan-6-cases-legal-challenges-political-threats-00181313 -
[#RightWing appointed #judges]… have chipped away at the #DOJ’s cases against #Jan6 rioters — & several other threats loom that could further erode the largest & most complex federal probe in history.
Many of DOJ’s recent cases have relied on a “#geofence” warrant to #Google —using devices’ location #tracking to ID people inside the restricted area of the Capitol on #J6. But the [#ultraconservative] #5thCircuit recently found geofence warrants are unconstitutional.
#law
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/27/jan-6-cases-legal-challenges-political-threats-00181313 -
[#RightWing appointed #judges]… have chipped away at the #DOJ’s cases against #Jan6 rioters — & several other threats loom that could further erode the largest & most complex federal probe in history.
Many of DOJ’s recent cases have relied on a “#geofence” warrant to #Google —using devices’ location #tracking to ID people inside the restricted area of the Capitol on #J6. But the [#ultraconservative] #5thCircuit recently found geofence warrants are unconstitutional.
#law
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/27/jan-6-cases-legal-challenges-political-threats-00181313 -
[#RightWing appointed #judges]… have chipped away at the #DOJ’s cases against #Jan6 rioters — & several other threats loom that could further erode the largest & most complex federal probe in history.
Many of DOJ’s recent cases have relied on a “#geofence” warrant to #Google —using devices’ location #tracking to ID people inside the restricted area of the Capitol on #J6. But the [#ultraconservative] #5thCircuit recently found geofence warrants are unconstitutional.
#law
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/27/jan-6-cases-legal-challenges-political-threats-00181313 -
#US #appealscourt rules #geofence #warrants are #unconstitutional
A US Appeals Court ruled that geofence warrants—these are general warrants demanding information about all people within a geographical boundary—are unconstitutional.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/13/us-appeals-court-rules-geofence-warrants-are-unconstitutional/The decision seems obvious to me, but you can’t take anything for granted.
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Here’s How Police Can Get Your Data — Even if You Aren’t Suspected of a Crime
And you may never know they did it.
by Sara Morrison
"You don’t have to be a suspect or involved in a crime for law enforcement to get your data
"So, let’s say you’ve decided that you will never commit a crime so law enforcement obtaining your data will never be an issue for you. You’re wrong.
"As mentioned above, your data could be included in a purchase from a data broker. Or it may be scooped up in a digital dragnet, also known as a reverse search warrant, where police request data about a large group of people in the hope of finding their suspect within them.
“'These are novel techniques to discover things that never could have been discovered in the past, and which have the capacity to rope in innocent people,' Granick, of the #ACLU, said.
"Two examples of this: where you went and what you searched for. In a #geofence #warrant, law enforcement gets information about all the devices that were in a certain area at a certain time — say, where a crime occurred — then narrows them down and gets account information for the device(s) they think belong to their suspect(s). For keyword warrants, police may ask a browser for all the IP addresses that searched for a certain term related to their case and then identify a possible suspect from that group.
"These situations still represent a legal gray area. While some judges have called them a Fourth Amendment violation and refused the government’s requests for warrants, others have allowed them. And we’ve seen at least one instance where reverse search warrants have led to the arrest of an innocent person."
#ThoughtCrime #RightToProtest #DigitalPrivacy #ACAB #SilencingDissent #Fascism
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5th Circuit rules geofence warrants illegal in win for phone users’ privacy
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2nd, & much more dramatically, the #FifthCircuit rules that bc the database of #geofence records is so large, & bc the whole database must be scanned through to find matches, the #FourthAmendment does not allow courts to issue #warrants to collect those records. In #legal terms, it is impossible to have a warrant particular enough to authorize the #surveillance. IOW, the govt can't gather these kinds of online records at all, even w/a #warrant based on #ProbableCause.
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The #FifthCircuit makes 2 important holdings. First, accessing any amount of #geofence records is a search under an expansive reading of Carpenter v. United States. That's the issue that creates the split w/the Fourth Circuit in United States v. Chatrie. …Chatrie held that accessing such records is not a search in the first place, at least if the records sought are relatively limited in scale. The Fifth Circuit expressly disagrees.
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Once in a while there is a court ruling on the #FourthAmendment that just makes my jaw drop. [The #ExtremistCourt] The #FifthCircuit had such a ruling last Friday, United States v. Jamarr Smith.…
The new case is about the Fourth Amendment limits of #geofence #warrants, which are warrants to access #location #information for users who have opted into having Internet providers retain location history.
- Orin Kerr
@lawfare
#law #InfoSec #privacy
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5th Circuit rules #geofence #warrants illegal in win for phone users’ #privacy https://arstechnica.com/?p=2042955
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In a major decision federal #FifthCircuit #CourtofAppeals held that #geofence #warrants are “categorically prohibited by the #FourthAmendment.”
Court determined under Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Carpenter v. United States, individuals have reasonable expectation of #privacy in #location data implicated by #geofencewarrants.
Second, court found that even though investigators seek warrants for geofence location data, these searches are inherently #unconstitutional.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/federal-appeals-court-finds-geofence-warrants-are-categorically-unconstitutional -
5th Circuit says 'geofence' warrants violate the Fourth Amendment
https://www.yahoo.com/news/5th-circuit-says-geofence-warrants-175003090.html #GeoFence 5th Circuit says 'geofence' warrants violate the Fourth Amendment #Fourth_Amendment -
Right now Marcy Wheeler, @emptywheel is talking about #CIPA, #nationalsecurity, #geofence Walt #Nauta, TFG's hairspray & his upcoming trials & machinations to derail them.
Plus the latest on #JudgeCannon filings vs #Jacksmith.
Finally, the civil war era laws to hurt women in AZ.
Listen live at http://nicolesandler.com, or https://youtu.be/0llHlfsd-Us @nicolesandler http://emptywheel.net
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A #geofence #warrant typo cast a location #dragnet spanning two miles over #SanFrancisco
#CivilLiberties advocates have long argued that "geofence" search #warrants are #unconstitutional for their ability to ensnare entirely innocent people who were nearby at the time a #crime was committed. But errors in the geofence warrant applications that go before a judge can violate the #privacy of vastly more people -- in one case almost two miles away.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/11/geofence-warrant-dragnet-error/ #surveillance -
#EFF Files #AmicusBriefs in Two Important #Geofence #SearchWarrant Cases
Should the police be able to identify everyone who was in a busy metropolitan area, just because a crime occurred there? In two amicus briefs just filed in appellate courts, we argue that’s a clearly unconstitutional search.
@eff
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/01/eff-files-amicus-briefs-two-important-geofence-search-warrant-cases -
heise+ | Smart Home: Energie sparen mit virtuellen Zäunen
Das Smart Home kann Geräte selbständig ausschalten, wenn Geofences eingerichtet ist. Wir zeigen Ihnen, wie das mit Node-Red und dem Trackerserver Traccar geht.
Smart Home: Energie sparen mit virtuellen Zäunen