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Maryland appeals court rules police need warrant to use Stingray phone tracker

• runesoerensen 11y ago
  "We conclude that people have a reasonable expectation that their cell phones will not be used as real-time tracking devices by law enforcement, and—recognizing that the Fourth Amendment protects people and not simply areas—that people have an objectively reasonable expectation of privacy in real-time cell phone location information. Thus, we hold that the use of a cell site simulator requires a valid search warrant, or an order satisfying the constitutional requisites of a warrant, unless an established exception to the warrant requirement applies." http://www.mdcourts.gov/opinions/cosa/2016/1496s15.pdf http://www.mdcourts.gov/opinions/cosa/2016/1496s15.pdf