Justices rule that cellphone location histories are protected by the Fourth Amendment
2026-06-29T20:51:56Z•fdb9012ca0c3265b5e195ae2e05bd7bd0e6589b65d001026c60f3cccf7fbe7b5
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What happened
A set of US and international developments: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that geofence location data tied to individual cellphones is protected by the Fourth Amendment, requiring a warrant for law enforcement access. U.S. authorities, aided by FIFA and broadcasters including NBCUniversal, shut down roughly 400 illegal World Cup streaming domains. The U.S. posted up to $10 million in rewards related to Russia-linked hacking groups UNC5792 and UNC4221 that have socially engineered access to Signal and WhatsApp accounts of government officials. Ukraine's ARMA transferred about $8.3 million in se
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