@madebygoogle My Google Home turned on my bedroom light at 4:00 a.m. when I asked what time it was. When I said just now I was still mad about that, it replied that it is going to turn on all of my lights at 4:00 a.m. No way to cancel
@markkatches I can understand why you printed the poster after the election more than I can understand why Conan thought today's column was a good idea. Curious how many more cancellations that will generate.
@googlemaps I have not received an email from Google Location History yet. I have 10 years of data that I don't want to lose. Are emails still being sent out? https://t.co/BuI73syBAP
Google is changing the way it stores and collects user location data, so that this data will remain on the phone and be encrypted in the cloud. The upshot is that Geofence warrants may become obsolete. EFF: https://t.co/g8Qm3P6v3U
@NoahShachtman Future historians will wonder why no one heeded the warning sounded in this important story. Then someone will figure out it was behind a paywall. Oh well.
Interesting @TB_Times story on Fusus being used in Clearwater and Hillsborough County. @HCSOSheriff declined to talk about it much citing a state law that shields police video systems from the public. (?!) Story reads like a Black Mirror episode. @eff@AASchapiro
Tampa Bay police have realtime access to private cameras and can gather info without warrants, using a rapidly spreading tech. Cops say it keeps communities safer, while civil rights advocates argue it creates a vast spying network in neighborhoods (1/
https://t.co/8g6blBam6z