Comment by johncessna
3 years ago
> “If we reasonably believe that we can prevent someone from dying or from suffering serious physical harm, we may provide information to a government agency — for example, in the case of bomb threats, school shootings, kidnappings, suicide prevention, and missing person cases,” reads Google’s TOS page on government requests for user information. “We still consider these requests in light of applicable laws and our policies.”
This is in line with the reasons cops can do things that otherwise normally require a warrant. This is generally 'a good thing.' The issue, for me, is in the abuse and interpretation of these exemptions.
Right, exactly. Google could have this and make it perfectly accountable. Just surface a user notification that X entity accessed your camera's data for Y time range, ideally with a reference to a case number. People will push back if the police abuse their power. They won't become as complacent, because they'll know when the cops are spying.
But would they actually do it?