ANALYSIS: Courts, Lawmakers Struggle to Restore Americans’ 4th Amendment Rights

Internet-of-things creates new surveillance tools, leading to alleged agency abuse

An Amazon Echo, center, and a Google Home, right, are displayed. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo

News Analysis

In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision that police officers had acted illegally in collecting months of cellphone data from a private company, without a warrant, to track the movements of a robbery suspect.