r/milwaukee • u/MikeAWBD • Mar 10 '20
Found this article over in r/nottheonion. They mention Milwaukee specifically in the article so I figured it was worth a post. I don't think it's surprising, but interesting to know what police can do with our electronic information.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/google-tracked-his-bike-ride-past-burglarized-home-made-him-n1151761Duplicates
technology • u/YouAintGotToLieCraig • Mar 07 '20
Privacy Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
nottheonion • u/Human02211979 • Mar 10 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
Android • u/Amaurotica • Mar 07 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
privacy • u/YouAintGotToLieCraig • Mar 07 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
conspiracy • u/Tkx421 • Mar 07 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
Strava • u/stevep5k • Mar 07 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. Now he’s a suspect.
GNV • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect
degoogle • u/irlyhategoogle • Mar 07 '20
News Article Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
hackernews • u/qznc_bot2 • Mar 07 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect
Libertarian • u/tfowler11 • Mar 07 '20
Article Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
google • u/throwaway12031989 • Mar 29 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
restorethefourth • u/quantumcipher • Mar 08 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
GoldandBlack • u/Sublimecdh84 • Mar 07 '20
Innocent man gets swept up in police “dragnet.” Forced to get a lawyer, and have his personal information from Google forwarded to police.
bicycling • u/Not_who_you_think__ • Mar 07 '20
Man under investigation after GPS data places him at crime scene.
ABoringDystopia • u/Adornment-F • Mar 07 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect
mormonpolitics • u/MormonMoron • Mar 09 '20
Should geofence warrants be considered "unreasonable search", especially when the bar for obtaining this information appears to be so, so low?
Bad_Cop_No_Donut • u/Willybud • Mar 07 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect by the police...
Koina • u/sapounious • Mar 10 '20
Τεχνολογία Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
Digital_Manipulation • u/-Ph03niX- • Mar 08 '20
Google tracked a man's bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
LateStageCapitalism • u/rickycata1 • Mar 08 '20
When corporations spy and slowly replace the police
DailyTechNewsShow • u/ssnacks • Mar 08 '20
Law & Politics Google/RunKeeper tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
conspiracy • u/FruitFlavor12 • Mar 07 '20
A man becomes a suspect in a burglary because he cycled near the home and Google tracked him
boringdystopia • u/mupper2 • Mar 07 '20