The Supreme Court is weeks away from delivering its most consequential digital privacy ruling since 2018, and the stakes stretch far beyond a Virginia bank robbery. The case — Chatrie v. United States — centers on a geofence warrant, a law enforcement tool that searches everyone's location data to find an unknown suspect. But the attorney who argued the case before the justices on April 27 warns that however the court rules, it could determine whether police can scan millions of people's AI chat histories, keyword searches, emails, and cloud files — without naming a single suspect in advance. A decision is expected before the end of June 2026.
