Supreme Court considering legality of smartphone location ‘dragnets’

The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing whether geofence warrants are constitutional under the Fourth Amendment.

These warrants let police collect smartphone location data from everyone in a defined area and time window around a crime.

The Justice Department says the data is not especially sensitive, while privacy advocates call it an unconstitutional digital dragnet.

The ruling could shape how law enforcement uses location-based warrants and set a major precedent for digital privacy rights.