Legislators Looking To Ban Geofence/Reverse Warrants In The State Of New York
31 January 2022
31 January 2022
A report published by Google's transparency team last August made it clear reverse warrants weren't a law enforcement fad, but rather a trend. Google is the recipient of pretty much every so-called reverse (or geofence) warrant issued, thanks to its vast stores of location info. When cops have a crime but no likely suspect, they have the option of turning everyone with a cell phone in the area into a suspect and working their way backwards from this list of data to find the most likely suspects. Google's report showed an exponential escalation in geofence warrant deployments. According to the ...
Legislators Looking To Ban Geofence/Reverse Warrants In The State Of New York
A report published by Google's transparency team last August made it clear reverse warrants weren't a law enforcement fad, but rather a trend. Google is the recipient of pretty much every so-called reverse (or geofence) warrant issued...
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