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    Can Police Track You Through Your Cellphone Without A Warrant?

    The Supreme Court wrestles again with interpreting the rules of the digital era and whether police need to get a search warrant to obtain cellphone location information.
    by Nina Totenberg Nov 28, 2017 5 minutes
    The U.S. Supreme Court confronts the digital age again on Wednesday. At issue is whether Police have to get a search warrant in order to obtain cell phone location information that is routinely collected and stored by wireless providers.

    The U.S. Supreme Court confronts the digital age again on Wednesday when it hears oral arguments in a case that promises to have major repercussions for law enforcement and personal privacy.

    At issue is whether police have to get a search warrant in order to obtain cellphone location information that is routinely collected and stored by wireless providers.

    Cellphone thieves caught because they used ... cellphones

    The irony of the case before the court, , is that it involves massive cellphone thefts and a string of armed robberies at Radio Shacks in Michigan and Ohio. The robbers entered the stores, guns drawn, herded patrons to the back, loaded up laundry bags with new smartphones, and then later sold their booty to fences for tens of thousands

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