• IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Ok, so the headline is a bit clickbait-y. It’s not not everyone who ever watched the video that they are interested in, it’s one person they are trying to track down. Still concerning from a privacy standpoint, but it’s not like they are trying to say that watching the video was itself a crime.

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      8 months ago

      Thats not the issue.

      Its the same as when feds ask google for location data for everyone near a crime at a given timestamp. Its violating innocent peoples privacy in large swathes.

      Google stopped giving location data recently. Hope they keep going.

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        8 months ago

        They never stopped. They said they would stop and then they just kept going. Google is not a trustworthy company.