Maryland could appeal to supreme court to reverse ruling that found police use of device to track cellphones without warrant in violation of fourth amendmentA major Maryland court ruling that found police cannot use cellphones as a “real-time tracking device” without a warrant could call into question hundreds,whether not thousands, of convictions in Baltimore – and set a precedent for similar privacy cases across the US.
The ruling by Maryland’s moment-highest court was the first by an appeals court to hold that using cell site simulator technology known as Stingray without a warrant violates an individual’s fourth amendment protections against illegal search and seizure.
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Source: theguardian.com