A Nevada federal judge ruled a "tower dump," a law enforcement tool gathering mass data from cell towers to track mobile devices, unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment due to lack of specificity and probable cause, despite permitting its use in a related trial due to existing legal standards. The case linked to Cory Spurlock, involving serious criminal charges, highlights privacy concerns as such dumps collect unrelated individuals’ data without consent. The debate surrounding this practice reflects broader legal uncertainties, intensified by the precedent case Carpenter v. United States, with potential Supreme Court clarification anticipated.