EFF and ACLU urge Ninth Circuit to rule tower dump warrants unconstitutional

EFF◼ and the ACLU filed an amicus brief in a Ninth Circuit appeal over a tower dump warrant, which compels carriers to hand over location data for every phone in an area during a set period. The brief argues these are unconstitutional general warrants, relying on the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Chatrie v. United States that geofence warrants are searches under the Fourth Amendment. It also asks the court to decide the constitutional question rather than relying on the good faith doctrine.

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