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Re:Google’s Nest will provide data to police without a warrant by FollowingTheDao on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @10:38AM (#32250920)
But will you stop using all of Google's products?

"Google will allow law enforcement to access data from its Nest products — or theoretically any other data you store with Google — without a warrant."

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Re:Google’s Nest will provide data to police without a warrant by digitalsushi on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @11:32AM (#32251714)
Wait a second, do I need to panic that the police can thumb through my gmail, or not?
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Re:Google’s Nest will provide data to police without a warrant by paulcole on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @11:47AM (#32251928)
Need to panic? No. Can choose to panic? Of course.

We choose to ignore risks all the time. We also choose to panic about stuff all the time. You're in control of what goes into what pile.

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Re:Google’s Nest will provide data to police without a warrant by fezfight on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @11:40AM (#32251822)
Yes. Do you remember snowden and prism? Not just the police.
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Re:Google’s Nest will provide data to police without a warrant by fooey on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @11:48AM (#32251952)
My understanding is under US law, any data you allow a 3rd party to "see" (aka "host") is considered public and they don't need a warrant

Police don't need a warrant to get into your gmail or icloud or whatever else you host with 3rd parties

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Re:Google’s Nest will provide data to police without a warrant by xdennis on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @12:10PM (#32252306)
The data isn't public. It belongs to Google. They can ask for a warrant or just give away "your" data willy nilly.
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Re:Google’s Nest will provide data to police without a warrant by Grazester on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @11:59AM (#32252108)
and from my understanding this is incorrect.
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Re:Google’s Nest will provide data to police without a warrant by sennight on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @12:35PM (#32252673)
and from my understanding of the ECPA, opened email on a third party server is legally considered abandoned property and enjoys all the protection that a smashed washing machine next to the highway receives. After 180 days all bets are off, regardless of the message being previously read or not.
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