David ColarussoTL;DR: Google's recent changes to how it handles users' "Location History" data may make it more difficult for the company to provide mass location data in response to geofence warrants. While this is a positive step, it remains to be seen if law enforcement will find other ways to access location data in the future.
Is This the End of Geofence Warrants?
Google announced this week that it will be making several important changes to the way it handles users’ “Location History” data. These changes would appear to make it much more difficult—if not impossible—for Google to provide mass location data in response to a geofence warrant, a change we’ve been asking Google to implement for years.