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NC Police Issued Sweeping Warrants to Search Data On All Google Devices Near Murder Scene
Gizmodo ^ | 3/16/18 | Sidney Fussell

Posted on 03/18/2018 7:41:51 PM PDT by Rebelbase

Google was served at least four sweeping search warrants by Raleigh, North Carolina police last year, requesting anonymized location data on all users within areas surrounding crime scenes. In one case, Raleigh police requested information on all Google accounts within 17 acres of a murder, overlapping residences, and businesses. Google did not confirm or deny whether it handed over the requested data to police.

WRAL reporter Tyler Dukes found four investigations in 2017 where police issued these uniquely extensive warrants: two murder cases, one sexual battery case, and an arson case that destroyed two apartment complexes and displaced 41 people. Police routinely request information from technology companies—Google says it shares data with law enforcement about 81% of the time—but these specific cases are remarkable: Instead of finding a suspect, and then searching that person’s data, police are searching enormous amounts of data to pinpoint a potential suspect.

The warrants follow the same template: Police requested location data from all phones that were in the surrounding area of a crime scene, generally within an hour window of when the crime was committed. In the homicide and sexual assault warrant, police drew a box surrounding the scene of the crime, then requested the data for everyone within it. In the second homicide case, it was a circle.

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Big brother has long arms.

Full title: North Carolina Police Issued Sweeping Warrants to Search Data On All Google Devices Near Murder Scene

1 posted on 03/18/2018 7:41:51 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase; SkyPilot; Roman_War_Criminal; metmom; null and void

Daniel 7:7 King James Version (KJV)

7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.


2 posted on 03/18/2018 7:48:53 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Rebelbase
"on all Google accounts within 17 acres of a murder"

Warehousing so much data.

"Be seeing you"-The Prisoner

3 posted on 03/18/2018 7:49:28 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn thvictims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: Rebelbase

Think about what Lavrentiy Beria could have accomplished with the support of Google.


4 posted on 03/18/2018 7:50:24 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Rebelbase

No police agency in America can issue a warrant.

It has to be a judge.


5 posted on 03/18/2018 7:52:08 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Rebelbase

>>Police requested location data from all phones that were in the surrounding area of a crime scene, generally within an hour window of when the crime was committed.

Remember when “Moose” put up roadblocks to log all of the cars passing through the area of those gay muslim duo’s terrorist shootings?

They were logged passing through on several occasions but “Moose” wasn’t interested in pursuing muslim terrorists, he wanted to catch some white folks in a white van.

What good is collecting all of the data if they are going to apply a “garbage in-garbage out” investigation?

How many KNOWN WOLF terrorist shootings?

They don’t like the cases they have to prosecute because of politics/race.

More details won’t lead to solving more cases or even proving them in court.

This is just fishing for more data to stockpile.


6 posted on 03/18/2018 7:53:53 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn thvictims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: a fool in paradise

This is easily defeated by leaving your cell phone *home*; make sure you have an older car without OnStar. /Pepperidge Farm Remembers>


7 posted on 03/18/2018 8:00:07 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Rebelbase

No.


8 posted on 03/18/2018 8:02:29 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Mariner

Another consequence of the REACTION to 9/11. The sick and twisted irony is that it was all cool under Obama.


9 posted on 03/18/2018 8:16:36 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: All
I knew that Google was evil

But I didn't realize they were sending out murderous devices already.

10 posted on 03/18/2018 8:17:51 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: SaveFerris

” it had ten horns”

NSA
CIA
FBI
IRS
DOJ
ATF
DNC
Google
Facebook
Twitter


11 posted on 03/18/2018 8:18:50 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Hillary, DNC, DOJ and FBI colluded with a British National to influence the 2016 Pres. election)
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To: Rebelbase

So if you’re gong to do murder, carry an iPhone.


12 posted on 03/18/2018 8:19:30 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust Sessions. The Great Awakening is at hand...MAGA!)
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To: grey_whiskers

I still use a flip phone. Can’t you disable the GPS locator on a smart phone?


13 posted on 03/18/2018 8:20:35 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Hillary, DNC, DOJ and FBI colluded with a British National to influence the 2016 Pres. election)
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To: Rebelbase
"Can’t you disable the GPS locator on a smart phone?"

They can still track you to within about 50 yards with cell phone tower triangulation.

14 posted on 03/18/2018 8:23:58 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: LegendHasIt

I know they can do that with a current location. Does the phone company keep a record of past history?


15 posted on 03/18/2018 8:26:21 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Hillary, DNC, DOJ and FBI colluded with a British National to influence the 2016 Pres. election)
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To: Rebelbase

Good point. I have no knowledge of that, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they did.


16 posted on 03/18/2018 8:36:40 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: grey_whiskers

“/Pepperidge Farm Remembers>”: When there were pay phones all over the place if you needed to call someone while out, and if you were lucky said pay phones had a phone book if you needed to look up an address.


17 posted on 03/18/2018 8:38:48 PM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: Mariner

Not necessarily. Have you heard of administrative warrants? Bureaus routinely issue warrants and subpoenas. They are issued by attorneys in the bureau after consulting with each other.

Admistraive law combines legislative,executive and judicial power into one fiefdom.


18 posted on 03/18/2018 8:45:28 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Abolish administrative law. It's regressive, medieval and unconstitutional!)
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To: LegendHasIt

I do know that a flip phone sends out a ping about once an hour. Learned that when I sat my phone on a computer at work and the speakers picked up interference each time it happened.


19 posted on 03/18/2018 9:02:01 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Hillary, DNC, DOJ and FBI colluded with a British National to influence the 2016 Pres. election)
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To: Rebelbase

Interesting.


20 posted on 03/18/2018 9:10:27 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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