Supreme Court rules constitutional privacy protections apply to cellphone users location history

The Supreme Court ruled that constitutional privacy protections extend to cellphone users' location history, citing a case where a geofence warrant linked a bank robber to a crime. The 6-3 decision, led by Justice Elena Kagan, emphasized that opting into Google’s location history does not relinquish privacy rights, while Justice Samuel Alito dissented, arguing the defendant voluntarily shared data with Google. The case involves Okello Chatrie, who was identified through location data after a 2019 bank robbery in Virginia.