To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google

Re:To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google by pmorici on Sunday March 18, 2018 @03:29PM (#16613778)

I think people might be missing the finer details of this story. This is an example of the system working the way it is supposed to. They are getting a warrant and asking for very narrowly scoped information. If you take your argument to the logical extreme then businesses shouldn't have security cameras either. No crime would ever be solved.

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Re:To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google by user5994461 on Sunday March 18, 2018 @03:59PM (#16613945)

There can be hundreds of people in any venue. There can be more than ten thousands in a skyscraper.

Everyone in an "area" is not necessarily a narrow scope.

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Re:To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google by pmorici on Sunday March 18, 2018 @04:10PM (#16614025)

That is why it is reviewed by a judge. No one is suggesting there is a one size fits all test. If you look at the location of the first example given in the article though it is a suburban area and only asks for records within 150 Meters for two different 1 hours period when the suspect is known to have been in the area based off video footage of the scene.

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