#Geofencing #Warrants Are a Threat to Privacy
A precedent set in the January 6 prosecutions could be dangerous to the public.And that gets us to what's troubling here: The Fourth Amendment requires search warrants to specify "probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." A geofencing warrant arguably allows law enforcement to work backward, to say, We think a crime was committed around this place and this time. Let's sweep up location data for everyone who was there and investigate them all. https://reason.com/2022/12/05/geofencing-warrants-are-a-threat-to-privacy/