Sensorvault
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Short description: Internal database used at Google
Sensorvault is an internal Google database that contains records of users' historical geo-location data.[1]:1 [2]
It has been used by law enforcement to execute a geo-fence warrant and to search for all devices within the vicinity of a crime, (within a geo-fenced area)[1]:1[3]:1 [2] and after looking at those devices' movements and narrowing those devices down to potential suspects or witnesses, then asking Google for the information about the owners of those devices.[1]:1[3]:1 [2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Valentino-DeVries, Jennifer (2019-04-13). "Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/13/us/google-location-tracking-police.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brewster, Thomas (2019-12-11). "Google Hands Feds 1,500 Phone Locations In Unprecedented 'Geofence' Search". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/12/11/google-gives-feds-1500-leads-to-arsonist-smartphones-in-unprecedented-geofence-search.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Webster, Tony (2019-02-07). "How did the police know you were near a crime scene? Google told them". MPR News. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/02/07/google-location-police-search-warrants.
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