Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
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Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
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Re: Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
#2That dude better get another garage for the tape library they're gonna have to send...
Re: Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
#3I (and we should all) act as if this could happen to anyone. Essentially that the state can deputize any company to snitch on the digital ephemera that constitutes our daily lives, but especially those that we are deeply engaged: Google, Facebook, Lyft, Amazon.
As such, we should not self-censor, but instead disengage from these proxy-cops and move to more distributed spaces.
Re: Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
#4When convenience comes back to bite you in the ass. I’m interested to see if and what Google releases and if there would be any different if Apple was asked to release the same information.
Does the “Ad” company have more data on an individual versus the “privacy” company? Or does it actually depend on the user opting in to give this data to said company?
Re: Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
#5Highly disturbing that the court is allowed to request that much data without any legal restrictions [on privacy].
Re: Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
#6Things like this are why I think that as time goes on storing PII is going to be seen as a cost rather than a benefit to companies... It'll take several rounds of public outcry to shift the mindset though.
Re: Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
#7Highly disturbing that the court is allowed to request that much data without any legal restrictions [on privacy].
I don't know why you think there aren't any legal restrictions - this wasn't a random LEO going cowboy and trying to hack into google, a judge directly ordered this action and signed onto the warrants.
Re: Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
#8I (and we should all) act as if this could happen to anyone. Essentially that the state can deputize any company to snitch on the digital ephemera that constitutes our daily lives, but especially those that we are deeply engaged: Google, Facebook, Lyft, Amazon. As such, we should not self-censor, but instead disengage from these proxy-cops and move to more distributed spaces.
>the state can deputize any company to snitch on the digital ephemera that constitutes our daily lives
this is not true, but in the way that makes your point much, much worse.
In the US, case precedent is already set that digital data that you don't physically own is not yours. IANAL, but my understanding is that the standards for digital search-and-seizure are lower for cloud services, not equivalent or (god-forbid) higher.
Re: Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
#9Highly disturbing that the court is allowed to request that much data without any legal restrictions [on privacy].
The courts are the legal restriction. The way in which the evidence collected can be challenge in the appellate courts.
Re: Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
#10I (and we should all) act as if this could happen to anyone. Essentially that the state can deputize any company to snitch on the digital ephemera that constitutes our daily lives, but especially those that we are deeply engaged: Google, Facebook, Lyft, Amazon. As such, we should not self-censor, but instead disengage from these proxy-cops and move to more distributed spaces.
Queue the Google alternative posts. This is some terrifying stuff.
> not just emails but also drafted and deleted messages; any files in their Google Drive cloud storage services; any Google Voice texts, calls and contacts; search and web browsing history; and location data.