Apple and Other Companies File Brief Arguing Against 'Rigid Analog-Era' Fourth Amendment Rules

apple, twitter, snap, facebook, microsoft, , collection of other technology companies have filed legal brief week, aimed @ fourth amendment , "rigid analog-era" protections lag behind protecting users in modern age (via reuters).

brief filed in regards case carpenter v. united states, supreme court case focusing on warrantless search , seizure of historical smartphone records, , whether or not such data collection government prohibited fourth amendment's protection against unreasonable search , seizures.

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carpenter v. united states ties smartphone data held third party -- or company has access , can store personal user data -- , includes information revealing "location , movements" of user on 127 days.

new filing, in support of neither party, companies state customers should not "forced relinquish fourth amendment protections" against intrusion government, because choose use modern technology.

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"to resolve case, court should forgo reliance on outmoded rules make little sense when applied in digital context. in particular, third-party doctrine , content/non-content distinction should not operate categorically foreclose fourth amendment protection; instead, fourth amendment law should favor more flexible approach assess reasonable expectations of privacy in light of new , evolving technologies , highly sensitive data implicate."

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other companies included in brief included airbnb, google, , dropbox. case in question dates 2011, when timothy carpenter convicted on robbery charges after investigators uncovered smartphone data past location information without warrant. supreme court agreed review case in june 2017, , it's on court's term docket october 2017.

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macrumors said: ↑

and whether or not such data collection government violated fourth amendment's protection against unreasonable search , seizures.

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i think word seeking here "prohibited."

 

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