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posted by chromas on Thursday October 25 2018, @01:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the all-suspects-are-guilty dept.

Feds Order Google To Hand Over A Load Of Innocent Americans' Locations

Here's how it works: cops send Google specific coordinates and timezones within which crimes were committed. Then Google is asked to provide information on all users within those locations at those times, most likely including data on many innocent people. Those users could be Android phone owners, anyone running Google Maps or any individual running Google services on their cell, not just criminal suspects.

[...] "This fishing expedition infringes on the privacy rights of so many possible people who had the misfortune of being in an area where a crime is alleged to be committed," said Jerome Greco, staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society. "We should not allow for such broad access to the data of so many on the mere speculation that a suspect may have used a cellphone near the location of the crime."

[...] Not just Google

Captain John Sherwin of the Rochester Police Department in Minnesota said it wasn't just Google that could furnish cops with a startling mount of detailed location data. Facebook and Snapchat were two others who'd proven useful, he said.

Should we be concerned that government tracks people by their cell phones instead of using mandatory brain implants?


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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 25 2018, @02:29AM (3 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 25 2018, @02:29AM (#753480) Journal

    I also carry a couple of license plates I can place over the one on my car . . . I don't do anything illegal

    Uhhhhh - you have just admitted to doing something illegal. It has ALWAYS been illegal to arbitrarily swap out license plates. I'm pretty sure that eluding police (by way of obfuscation, in this case) is illegal everywhere.

    You make no mention of the cost involved. Apparently, you keep 3 (or more) registrations current, for the purpose of swapping plates around.

    I think you're just talking shit here. Maybe you're telling the truth, but if/when you get caught, you'll learn that you should have stuck to talking shit.

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @03:22AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @03:22AM (#753508)

    "Uhhhhh - you have just admitted to doing something illegal. It has ALWAYS been illegal to arbitrarily swap out license plates. I'm pretty sure that eluding police (by way of obfuscation, in this case) is illegal everywhere"

    .

    Your above claim is correct with respect to using an incorrect plate. What I meant was that I was not engaging in any other illegal behavior. What I meant should have been obvious but you're one of those unfortunates who need a bit of extra help with the obvious, so I have given you that help.

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    "You make no mention of the cost involved. Apparently, you keep 3 (or more) registrations current, for the purpose of swapping plates around."

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    Are you REALLY as stupid as you seem ? The plate I use was removed from a car in a junkyard. It cannot be associated with me. Why would I use a plate from
    another car I own ? That would not confer anonymity at all.

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    "I think you're just talking shit here. Maybe you're telling the truth, but if/when you get caught, you'll learn that you should have stuck to talking shit."

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    I have read enough of your past comments to know you're quite stupid, and I do not care in the slightest what you "think". If you want to live in fear you are free
    to do so ( no small irony there ! ). I choose to live differently, and I don't need your approval or anyone else's to live as I choose. You should try growing a pair
    of balls - you'd be amazed how different you feel about life when you have some.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 25 2018, @01:47PM (1 child)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 25 2018, @01:47PM (#753646) Journal

      Uhhh, yeah. I want to be nearby when you try that line of shit on the cops.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @04:27PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @04:27PM (#753710)

        You really are a sniveling boot licker. The op obviously understands the consequences. Maybe they would reconsider after experiencing an arrest, but maybe not. Your reaction is hilariously boot licking.