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In the News: Reverse Location Search Warrant Leads Investigators to Google Location Users

In the News: Reverse Location Search Warrant Leads Investigators to Google Location Users

By Jason Cheung on February 12, 2019 | Tagged with Citizen Surveillance, google, Government Surveillance, In the News, police

Law enforcement agencies in Minnesota have been using reverse location search warrants to find the identities of smartphone owners that were at a crime scene. They accomplish this by issuing a warrant for Google to send the identity, billing and contact information, and web browsing history of all smartphones that reported that their Google Location […]

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