Zoom court hearing postponed after accused found in same location as witness
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Re: Zoom court hearing postponed after accused found in same location as witness
#2Either zoom has an opportunity to add a location-verification privacy nightmare of a feature, or a startup can make a zoom replacement for the unique needs of a remote justice system.
Re: Zoom court hearing postponed after accused found in same location as witness
#3This is the same judge who had a defendant join a Zoom hearing using the name, "Buttfucker 3000".
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88ng9g/judge-has-no-patience...
Re: Zoom court hearing postponed after accused found in same location as witness
#4Either zoom has an opportunity to add a location-verification privacy nightmare of a feature, or a startup can make a zoom replacement for the unique needs of a remote justice system.
No. The court handled this quickly and appropriately. I don't see a reason to lose one's privacy.
Re: Zoom court hearing postponed after accused found in same location as witness
#5Either zoom has an opportunity to add a location-verification privacy nightmare of a feature, or a startup can make a zoom replacement for the unique needs of a remote justice system.
There is no way to "verify location" on a device that I own. My device can always spoof its location, does spoof location by default, and my device can run Zoom's code in an altered way.
IMO the best way to facilitate this is for the courthouse to deliver an officially-sanctioned device on the date of the trial to everyone involved (defendants, attackers, witnesses, jurors, judges, lawyers), that device come with its own LTE connection, and it be a federal violation to modify that device.
In addition, the courts should NEVER divulge the location of the participants in a trial or put it into any document, as that might put violence victims at further risk.
Re: Zoom court hearing postponed after accused found in same location as witness
#6> “Um, I’m at a house,” [NAME] said, with hesitation, giving a [STREET NAME] address in [CITY].
This should NOT have been publicized. There is enough information in the above sentence that I was able to Google for her exact address. This is a gross danger to violence victims.
Re: Zoom court hearing postponed after accused found in same location as witness
#7Either zoom has an opportunity to add a location-verification privacy nightmare of a feature, or a startup can make a zoom replacement for the unique needs of a remote justice system.
No. The court handled this quickly and appropriately. I don't see a reason to lose one's privacy.
obviously the question is, are there cases of witness intimidation that aren't being caught?
Re: Zoom court hearing postponed after accused found in same location as witness
#8Either zoom has an opportunity to add a location-verification privacy nightmare of a feature, or a startup can make a zoom replacement for the unique needs of a remote justice system.
No. The court handled this quickly and appropriately. I don't see a reason to lose one's privacy.
The court discovered the problem in this instance. Further, the parent provided an alternative suggestion. Another commenter elaborated on that "dedicated platform" idea: A dedicated device.
Re: Zoom court hearing postponed after accused found in same location as witness
#9Two weeks later:
> “I’d like to fire my attorney and represent myself for the rest of this case, please, because he hasn’t done anything that I’ve asked him,” Harris said. “I asked, I sent him a whole paper of questions to ask her and I asked him to come see me before this court date. He hasn’t. Paul Gipson’s a bum a* dude, and he should not practice this profession ‘cause he’s not doing anything for –”
https://www.yahoo.com/now/defendant-viral-michigan-assault-h...
I get the feeling this person is going to be spending an extended period of time in jail.
Re: Zoom court hearing postponed after accused found in same location as witness
#10> “Um, I’m at a house,” [NAME] said, with hesitation, giving a [STREET NAME] address in [CITY]. This should NOT have been publicized. There is enough information in the above sentence that I was able to Google for her exact address. This is a gross danger to violence victims.
This was an ok amount of anonymity under Old School journalism with paper phonebooks but not after the internet. Seems they need to update their standards.