Geofencing strikes again. Last week, CNBC reported on an accused bank robber who was apprehended by authorities in Virginia after police issued a warrant for Google location data from cellphones in operation near the scene of the crime.

Meanwhile, the suspect’s legal team is mounting a Fourth Amendment defense, arguing that the methods the police used to track down the alleged robber was akin to “searching every home in the neighborhood of a reported burglary.”

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