Justices rule that cellphone location histories are protected by the Fourth Amendment
2026-06-30T02:51:53Z•1c037b84c8d549b39588400b8ff8d0f696aa70979f7fa11537ce6b31af97a03c
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What happened
A set of security and policy developments: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement must obtain a warrant to collect geofence/cellphone location data, a privacy win. U.S. authorities, aided by FIFA and broadcasters, dismantled hundreds of illegal World Cup streaming domains. The U.S. posted a $10M reward for information on Russia-linked hacking groups UNC5792 and UNC4221, which have been social‑engineering targets’ Signal and WhatsApp accounts. Ukraine transferred roughly $8.3M in court‑seized cryptocurrency to its Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA) to buy war bonds. Separat
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