Illinois StingRay crackdown The state of Illinois is making it harder for cops to use StingRay devices, which mimic legit cellphone towers to track people's whereabouts. A new bill will forbid police from using the surveillance equipment on any investigation that has not yet been authorized by a judge. The law also calls for police to delete collected …
According to the article, the action was taken in this case by the legislature and governor of Illinois, as is proper. It had nothing to do with a US or state court. That said, a federal or state court, if presented with a case, might well find that using a stingray to track an individual requires a warrant or other court order. Similar things have happened in the past, as with Riley v California, where a judge found that searching a cell phone incident to arrest normally is to be considered a fourth amendment search requiring a warrant.
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