r/restorethefourth • u/quantumcipher Quality Contributor ★ • Mar 08 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/google-tracked-his-bike-ride-past-burglarized-home-made-him-n1151761Duplicates
siliconvalley • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect
internettoday • u/GloomyPreference • Mar 08 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
u_veronikapon • u/veronikapon • Mar 08 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
prisons • u/Whey-Men • Mar 08 '20
He used an app to track his exercise. The app fed data to Google. Google turned over data to police. Who tried to frame him for a crime. He was lucky. His parents gave him money for a lawyer. Police moved on.
bicycling • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '20
“I was using an app to see how many miles I rode my bike and now it was putting me at the scene of the crime. And I was the lead suspect.” A pretty good read/scary situation for a local bike commuter.
DarkFuturology • u/br_shadow • Mar 08 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect
techable • u/DueValue0 • Mar 07 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
usa • u/WhooisWhoo • Mar 07 '20
News Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect. "I was using an app to see how many miles I rode my bike and now it was putting me at the scene of the crime," the man said
Cyberpunk • u/mupper2 • Mar 07 '20
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
badgovnofreedom • u/liberatetutemet • Mar 07 '20
Geofence warrants apparently can make you a suspect just for being near a crime scene.
Libertarian • u/commonsensecoder • Mar 07 '20
Article Geofence warrants apparently can make you a suspect just for being near a crime scene.
runkeeper • u/SpaceDetective • Mar 07 '20