💰 Google provided investigators with location data for more than 5,000 devices as part of the federal investigation into the attack on the US Capitol.

TL;DR

Location History is turned off by default, but around a third of Google users switch it on, enabling services like real-time traffic prediction.We routinely push back on overbroad demands, including overbroad geofence demands, and in some cases, we object to producing any information at all.”Google requires a three-step process for geofence warrants to narrow their scope to only those most likely to be guilty of a crime.In the first and broadest step, the FBI asked Google to identify all devices in a 4-acre area, including the Capitol and its immediate surroundings, between 2 pm and 6:30 pm on January 6.In the second step, the FBI asked Google for a list of devices that were present at the Capitol from 12 pm to 12:15 pm on January 6, and from 9 pm to 9:15 pm.As there were no rioters in the Capitol during those times, these devices likely belonged to congressional members or staff, police, and other people authorized to be there."

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