Google User Data Has Become a Favorite Police Shortcut

Non-paywall link here:

https://archive.ph/Kucti.

Police access Google's users' data to create leads, including in cases of non-violent, low level crimes. This includes searching through private data of people not suspected of committing crimes, and innocent people that just happen to be in the nearby area of where a crime was committed. One example given was for a radio stolen from an unlocked rookie officer's car. Police asked Google for the location data of everyone present in the area or who …

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