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Google Will Stop Telling Law Enforcement Which Users Were Near a Crime
(finance.yahoo.com)
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this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2023
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Aha. For sure they won't do that anymore. Nah I won't buy it.
i get what you're saying, but you did not mention the benefit Google itself got from that data, that they'll have to forfeit so that they won't be able to provide it to the police
You said a lot without saying a lot
What id ahppening that google doesnt want to be in the middle of?
Also, didnt know that about stingrays, might have to finally upgrade my 4G phone now. Thanks for that
There's zero benefit for Google to hand over this information, and potentially face a lawsuit because it actually turns out that no it wasn't legal for this information to be handed over. Google are of course aware that cops don't necessarily obey the law, so just because you've been asked to by a cop to provide something doesn't necessarily mean it's legal for you to hand it over.
It's much simpler if they just don't have this data. That way they can't hand it over, so there's no problem.
In this case an issue avoided is very much an issue solved.