{"id":30591,"date":"2020-09-02T17:59:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T21:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=05fc0b66d3367283c9b9e6d4f598f391"},"modified":"2020-09-02T17:59:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T21:59:02","slug":"feds-cant-ask-google-for-every-phone-in-a-100-meter-radius-court-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=30591","title":{"rendered":"Feds can\u2019t ask Google for every phone in a 100-meter radius, court says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Ars Technica<\/a><\/p>\n

Article note: Yesssss. 3rd party doctrine + All persons warrants made an effective end-run around 4th amendment protections, and should not be permitted.\r\nI'm still generally suspect about things that collect and retain that kind of data as a matter of course, but at least there is some legal protection happening.<\/div>
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Federal courts in the Chicago area have three times rejected government applications for warrants to force Google to produce a list of smartphones near two particular commercial establishments during one of three 45-minute intervals. The most recent ruling was handed down last week and was recently made public<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The decisions are significant because Google has reported massive growth<\/a> in law enforcement use of such \"geofence\" searches. Google says there was a 1,500-percent increase between 2017 and 2018 and a further 600-percent jump from 2018 to 2019. That's a hundredfold increase in two years. Google received 180 geofence search requests a week during 2019, according to CNet.<\/p>\n

Google is a popular target for this kind of request because almost everyone uses Google products in one way or another. Google's Android controls a majority of the smartphone market, and even most users who run iPhones use apps like Google Maps and Gmail. Moreover, Google frequently has GPS data that places a user's phone to within a few meters—much more accurate than the tower location data law enforcement can get from wireless providers.<\/p><\/div>

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