Justices rule that cellphone location histories are protected by the Fourth Amendment

2026-06-30T08:51:55Zf7d54bece7d26367b2306e1d8d9671b885dcf38f42ed7659446c5ec66e825a56
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What happened

A batch of security and privacy stories: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cellphone location histories obtained via geofence warrants are protected by the Fourth Amendment, requiring police to get warrants to request geofence data tied to individual phones. The U.S., with help from FIFA, NBCUniversal and others, took down hundreds of illegal World Cup streaming domains. The U.S. posted a $10 million reward for information on Russia-linked hacking groups UNC5792 and UNC4221, which have socially engineered access to Signal and WhatsApp accounts of government officials. Ukraine transferred more$

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