01.08.2015 - 19:55 [ Tech Dirt ]

4th Amendment Lives: Court Tells US Government Get A Warrant If It Wants Mobile Phone Location Info

A potentially big ruling came out of the courtroom of Judge Lucy Koh yesterday, in which she affirmed a magistrate judge‘s decision to tell the government to get a warrant if it wants to obtain historical location info about certain „target“ mobile phones (officially known as „Cell Site Location Info“ — or CSLI).