After Google made “geofence” data warrants on its users technically infeasible, feds are still making similar demands on telecoms giants, even if the location data is, by law enforcement’s own ...

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that geofence warrants, which are used to identify all users or devices in a geographic area, are prohibited by the Fourth Amendment’s protection against ...

Google has effectively ended the practice of "geofence warrants," where Location History in Google Maps could be obtained by law enforcement. On Wednesday, Google announced it would soon change the ...

Civil liberties advocates have long argued that “geofence” search warrants are unconstitutional for their ability to ensnare entirely innocent people who were nearby at the time a crime was committed.

A man is shot dead on an empty street. There are no cameras, no witnesses. Could a detective just Google who was there when the fatal shot was fired? In some ways, yes. For the past several years, law ...