Supreme Court Says Warrants Generally Are Necessary to Collect Cell Phone Data

[btfc]

"In a major statement on privacy in the digital age, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the government generally needs a warrant to collect troves of location data about the customers of cellphone companies.

“We decline to grant the state unrestricted access to a wireless carrier’s database of physical location information,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the majority.

The 5-to-4 decision has implications for all kinds of personal information held by third parties, including email and text messages, internet searches, and bank and credit card records. But Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., writing for the majority, said the ruling was limited."


https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/us...ivacy.html

[Speedy]

"The court’s four more liberal members — Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — joined his opinion."

[rjmacs]

Good.

[pdq]

Speedy wrote:
"The court’s four more liberal members — Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — joined his opinion."

Yeah, the "conservative" wing of the SCOTUS would rather the government have unrestricted, warrantless access to cell phone calling data.

Is knowing who you are calling and when (without bothering for a warrant) a basic function of conservative government?

Where's that "Police State" guy when you need him?

:wink:

[cbelt3]

It's Obama's fault he could not get his guy into the SCOTUS.. Right ? (wing)