Reverse Keyword Warrant Challenged After Cops Asked Google To Search Millions Of People’s Data Multiple Times
11 July 2022
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11 July 2022
Cops have been running to Google for years, warrants and subpoenas in hand, asking the data behemoth to give them info they can sift through to find criminal suspects. Location data is a big one. Comparable to cell phone tower dumps, geofence warrants allow law enforcement to obtain a certain amount of data on every phone in an area, allowing them to work backwards towards probable cause to seek identifying data on possible suspects. But the only “probable cause” needed for the original, Google-enabled search is the (strong) probability Google has data responsive to the request. Another backdoor to probable ...
Reverse Keyword Warrant Challenged After Cops Asked Google To Search Millions Of People’s Data Multiple Times
Cops have been running to Google for years, warrants and subpoenas in hand, asking the data behemoth to give them info they can sift through to find criminal suspects. Location data is a big one. C…
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