A geofence warrant typo cast a location dragnet spanning two miles over San Francisco

Civil liberties advocates have long argued that “geofence” search warrants are unconstitutional for their ability to ensnare entirely innocent people who were nearby at the time a crime was committed. But errors in the geofence warrant applications that go before a judge can violate the privacy of vastly more people — in one case almost […]

© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

advocates applications civil civil liberties crime cybersecurity errors francisco geofence geofence warrant judge law enforcement location location data nearby people privacy san san francisco search security spanning surveillance typo warrant