<story><title>Google User Data Is Police&apos;s Top Shortcut for Solving Crimes</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-09-28/google-user-data-is-police-s-top-shortcut-for-solving-crimes</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>extr</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve let Google track my location history for over 10 years now. On top of being incredibly useful (and fun) to remember where I was and when, I always imagined it would come in handy as an alibi if I was ever accused of a crime.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>snvzz</author><text>It&amp;#x27;d get thrown out as an alibi. But it&amp;#x27;d be used as evidence for a crime.&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s how it works with data: Against you.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google User Data Is Police&apos;s Top Shortcut for Solving Crimes</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-09-28/google-user-data-is-police-s-top-shortcut-for-solving-crimes</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>extr</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve let Google track my location history for over 10 years now. On top of being incredibly useful (and fun) to remember where I was and when, I always imagined it would come in handy as an alibi if I was ever accused of a crime.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hilbert42</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;I always imagined it would come in handy as an alibi if I was ever accused of a crime.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yeah, right. But not if you&amp;#x27;re in the zone swept up for questioning. See my comment.</text></comment>