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Comment by shadowgovt

3 years ago

The funny thing is I'm of the opposite mind.

"Convenience and if I go missing mysteriously Google will hand info over to the people trying to find me? Win-win."

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slingnow  3 years ago

You're right! That hypothetical and highly unlikely scenario is completely worth all of the ways in which the tech could be and is being abused.

  • shadowgovt  3 years ago

    If it's so hypothetical and highly unlikely, then we've nothing to concern ourselves with over the fact that Google will comply with attempts to rescue these hypothetical and highly unlikely endangered people. After all, if it basically never happens, Google will basically never grant the extrajudicial request.

xdennis  3 years ago

Would it be so difficult for Google to add a configuration step where people can explicitly consent to this?

  • shadowgovt  3 years ago

    The short answer is "yes," but I would be in favor of it being added. Of course, it's not going to secure your data if somebody that isn't you is the one under threat of imminent harm or death and Google believes the data you are holding could save their life.