Sensorvault is an internal Google database that contains records of users' historical geo-location data.[1]: 1  [2]

It has been used by law enforcement to execute a geo-fence warrant and to search for all devices within the vicinity of a crime, (within a geo-fenced area)[1]: 1 [3]: 1  [2] and after looking at those devices' movements and narrowing those devices down to potential suspects or witnesses, then asking Google for the information about the owners of those devices.[1]: 1 [3]: 1  [2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Valentino-DeVries, Jennifer (2019-04-13). "Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-06-02. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  2. ^ a b c Brewster, Thomas (2019-12-11). "Google Hands Feds 1,500 Phone Locations In Unprecedented 'Geofence' Search". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  3. ^ a b Webster, Tony (2019-02-07). "How did the police know you were near a crime scene? Google told them". MPR News. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
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