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ACLU, EFF, others say geofence searches place 'awesome power' in government's hands

( March 2, 2026, 22:17 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation and other groups told the US Supreme Court that by their very nature, geofence searches cast indiscriminate dragnets that turn innocent bystanders into suspects, causing intrusions on a scale far greater than those held unconstitutional in the physical world. The case concerns whether police can use a geofencing technology — in which a provider of location data hands over data about phones within a given geographic area during a particular time — in criminal investigations. The organizations urged the court not only to hold that the search in the case violated the Fourth Amendment, but to make clear that all geofence warrants that purport to authorize such searches are unconstitutional general warrants.See attached file. ...

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