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But will you stop using all of Google's products? "Google will allow law enforcement to access data from its Nest products — or theoretically any other data yo

But will you stop using all of Google's products? "Google will allow law enforcement to access data from its Nest products — or theoretically any other data you store with Google — without a warrant."

fooey 4y ago
My understanding is under US law, any data you allow a 3rd party to "see" (aka "host") is considered public and they don't need a warrant Police don't need a warrant to get into your gmail or icloud or whatever else you host with 3rd parties
- Grazester 4y ago
  and from my understanding this is incorrect.
  - sennight 4y ago
    and from my understanding of the ECPA, opened email on a third party server is legally considered abandoned property and enjoys all the protection that a smashed washing machine next to the highway receives. After 180 days all bets are off, regardless of the message being previously read or not.
- xdennis 4y ago
  The data isn't public. It belongs to Google. They can ask for a warrant or just give away "your" data willy nilly.
digitalsushi 4y ago
Wait a second, do I need to panic that the police can thumb through my gmail, or not?
- fezfight 4y ago
  Yes. Do you remember snowden and prism? Not just the police.
- paulcole 4y ago
  Need to panic? No. Can choose to panic? Of course. We choose to ignore risks all the time. We also choose to panic about stuff all the time. You're in control of what goes into what pile.