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Judge: "Geofence" Data, of the Kind Used by Federal Investigators to Mass-Surveil Anyone In the Capital on January 6th, Is Protected by the Fourth Amendment"Geofence data" refers to data about what phones were in a certain place. I guess the term comes from the idea that you can mark out a virtual "geofence" around the area you want to surveil, then demand that cell phone carriers turn over the phone data for everyone inside that "geofence." This was used extensively to surveil, harass, and then prosecute J6 political prisoners. And a judge has just ruled that such data is protected by the Fourth Amendment, and that warrants to grab the data on everyone inside such a "geofence" is unconstitutional. Notice he's saying that even with a warrant, grabbing all of this data so promiscuously about thousands of people whose names you don't even know and therefore have no actual reason to suspect of any crime is unconstitutional. He's saying you cannot just get a mass-warrant to invade the privacy of everyone in a place. Just knowing that a crime was committed somewhere inside a large area is not sufficiently particularized information enough to sustain a warrant. Note that this case is not about the J6 political prisoners, but such a ruling would be extremely helpful to them, if it's upheld on review by the Supreme Court. Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2 ![]() The important language there: Geofence warrants are powerful tools for investigating and deterring crime. The defendants here engaged in a violent robbery--and likely would have gotten away with it, but for this new technology. So I fully recognize that our panel decision today will inevitably hamper legitimate law enforcement interests. But hamstringing the government is the whole point of our Constitution. Our Founders recognized that the government will not always be comprised of publicly-spirited officers--and that even good faith actors can be overcome by the zealous pursuit of legitimate public interests. "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." THE FEDERALIST No. 51, at 349 (J. Cooke ed. 1961). "If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary." Id. But "experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions." Id. It's because of "human nature" that it's "necessary to control the abuses of government." Id. The Fifth Circuit says this kind of mass-warrant is illegal, but the 4th Circuit gave its blessing to mass-demanding personal information about thousands at once. And maybe millions of people -- once you bless this kind of warrant, you can make the "geofence" as big as you like. Why not make it the size of an entire city? Or state? Or country? With the circuits splitting, it will be up to the Supreme Court to resolve the circuit split. Which means ACB and John Roberts will once again team up to shred the Constitution. ACB is the Sandra Day O'Connor of John Roberts of David Souters. | Recent Comments
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