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Judge rules federal agents can track cell phone GPS data without first obtaining a warrant.

Less than a year after the decision in U.S. v. Jones, wherein the Supreme Court ruled that a warrant was needed before attaching a tracking device on a car, U.S. Circuit Judge John M. Rogers has concluded that federal agents can track someone using cell phone GPS data without first obtaining a warrant.

Unless overturned, this ruling expands dramatically ‘legal’ surveillance of U.S. citizens. Adam Serwer of Mother Jones examines the Court’s rationale. What do you think?
"Is law enforcement tracking your cell phone's GPS more like intercepting a phone call or tailing someone on the street? A federal court decision says it's more like following you—which means the authorities don't need to get a warrant to find out where you are at any given time." Adam Serwer, Mother Jones
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