So an elderly woman's house got robbed in Gainesville, Florida, and thief got away with about $2000 worth of jewelry. Within four days, the police requested a 'Google dragnet', where Google was to turn over any and all information they had regarding users in that area.
Turns out Zach McCoy was taking a bike ride in the area about that time, using an app to log his miles. Ten months later, he is considered the prime suspect and is embroiled in a legal battle.
This was not a murder case, or other violent crime. It was $2k in old jewelry nabbed. Seems to me that this was a serious overreach of Google's tracking and it's availability upon request. From NBC's article:
This type of data sweep has been used before, but I do not recall any use of it for such a trivial matter. Is this a seriously bad precedent? I do believe so.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...e-him-n1151761
Turns out Zach McCoy was taking a bike ride in the area about that time, using an app to log his miles. Ten months later, he is considered the prime suspect and is embroiled in a legal battle.
This was not a murder case, or other violent crime. It was $2k in old jewelry nabbed. Seems to me that this was a serious overreach of Google's tracking and it's availability upon request. From NBC's article:
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There have been very few court challenges to Google geofence warrants, mainly because the warrants are done in secret and defense lawyers may not realize the tool was used to identify their clients. |
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...e-him-n1151761
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