Your location history is like a fingerprint. And cops can get it without a warrant. - The Washington Post
"But regardless of intelligence agencies interest in location data, yesterday's appeals court decision means the haze surrounding the privacy of location data will remain for the time being."
'But government officials have denied that location data is being collected, although they insist that they have authority to do so. ', "The ruling didn't address the larger question of whether location data itself is protected by the Fourth Amendment."
'Deputy Attorney General James Cole told the House Intelligence committee: "We don't get any cell site or location information as to where any of these phones were located."'
'Location data can identify where someone sleeps, where they work, who they get a beer with, what medical professionals they visit and what political or religious gatherings they attend. '
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Only if you carry a phone