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Like when they used the Covid app location data to investigate a murder?[1] [1]: https://metro.co.uk/2022/01/12/german-police-tracked-down-restaurant-death-wit

• pjc50 2y ago
  & the US system routes abuses through the private sector: https://www.techpolicy.press/the-us-government-buys-data-for-surveillance-for-immigrants-its-a-matter-of-survival/ https://www.techpolicy.press/the-us-government-buys-data-for... These things aren't a one-and-done matter of legislation or constitutions, they rely on constant pressure on every case. (and I explicitly said the EU system does not guarantee privacy against law enforcement! Because total privacy for crime is very unpopular and politically unsustainable)
• guappa 2y ago
  Have you never heard of snowden?
  • Pooge 2y ago
    I do. I even have his book. What about him?
• regularjack 2y ago
  The subtitle of that article is: German police are being investigated for using Covid-tracking data as part of a probe into a death.
  • Pooge 2y ago
    The fact being that they (illegally) got access to data that was to be used for health purposes.