The tech giant records people’s locations worldwide. Now, investigators are using it to find suspects and witnesses near crimes, running the risk of snaring the innocent.| www.nytimes.com
Police are increasingly using judge-approved "reverse location" search warrants to find cellphones near crime scenes. Civil liberties experts worry it's a digital dragnet ripe for abuse. Authorities say it's an important new crime fighting tool.| MPR News
Google is being sent repeated "reverse location" orders from federal agents. Privacy activists warn they threaten the privacy of thousands of innocent people.| Forbes
The FBI is getting creative with how it obtains data from Google. And it has privacy ramifications for all users of Google services.| Forbes