> We decline to extend Smith and Miller to cover these novel circumstances. Given the unique nature of cell phone location records, the fact that the information is held by a third party does not by itself overcome the user's claim to Fourth Amendment protection.
The unique nature being:
> when the Government tracks the location of a cell phone it achieves near perfect surveillance
> We decline to extend Smith and Miller to cover these novel circumstances. Given the unique nature of cell phone location records, the fact that the information is held by a third party does not by itself overcome the user's claim to Fourth Amendment protection.
The unique nature being:
> when the Government tracks the location of a cell phone it achieves near perfect surveillance
Also see this great thread that looks at the decision: https://twitter.com/elizabeth_joh/status/1010166193473417216