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Yes. But it can also prove you were near a crime you did not commit and thus used as evidence you did commit it. The problem is you don’t have control over the
by mbrumlow 3y ago
Yes. But it can also prove you were near a crime you did not commit and thus used as evidence you did commit it.
The problem is you don’t have control over the data.
Example. Somebody was killed in a hit and run. PD says “give me all the people where in this location at this tome in a car”. Your name is the only one that shows up. You just became the top suspect. And and after the investigation a homeless guy who was given a hot meal in return for looking at some photos indicates he saw you do the hit and run.
Good job. Your data locked you up in jail for 10 years. Hope Google is logging how many times you dropped the soap.
- nuancebydefault 3y agoWell argumented! However, consider that any evidence, google data or not, has the problem that it might be held against an innocent. Any evidence has to be considered with caution. Basing a conviction on, let's say location only, is not passing the reasonable doubt test. The problem I see is when the justice system would become 'lazy' and would not look beyond automatically collected data. The non-auto-collected evidence is harder to get, hence the result (from a total set of evidences) could get heavily biased.