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Re:Police Use Fitbit Data to Charge 90-Year-Old Man in Stepd... by saagarjha on Thursday October 04, 2018 @06:17AM (#18138562)
> For example, a murdurer wanting to stick the charges on some other person could steal that persons devices (phone, fitbit, etc). Wear them while commiting the murder. Then return them, without notice if done at night or something.

A good theft-prevention measure, such as locking the device whenever it’s taken off, should prevent such a scenario.

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Re:Police Use Fitbit Data to Charge 90-Year-Old Man in Stepd... by wastedhours on Thursday October 04, 2018 @08:23AM (#18139214)
People still use "password" as their password, and IoT devices are still left open to botnets. As silly as it might be with these security lapses, we can't have a legal structure that defaultly assumes a device's data is reliable for more than opening a line of questioning.
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