Comment on An accused bank robber claims the police broke the law when they used Google location data to track him down. Privacy advocates

An accused bank robber claims the police broke the law when they used Google location data to track him down. Privacy advocates

Bill Pugliano/Stringer/Getty Images An accused bank robber's lawyer and privacy advocates say police overstepped when they requested the use of personal geographical data to track him down and make their arrest. The 24-year-old man allegedly robbed a bank at gunpoint in May and made off with nearly $200,000. To solve the case, police requested the location data of everyone in a 150-meter radius of the bank within an hour of the robbery.

 

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