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One consolation: it works both ways with this kind of data. For example, it can corroborate your story.


Is there any obligation to announce exonerating data found by prosecutors during a dragnet search? I was under the impression that they could just pick something that makes you look bad and build a case on that, and that unless your defence has access to all the same data (do they?) and is equally motivated and funded, that in this case you’re probably just boned.


There is such an obligation.

In fact, just yesterday, a judge dismissed a case in the middle of a trial to punish a prosecutor for not disclosing information to the defense -- and the information had only a tenuous relevance to the case:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/12/a-bo...


Huh, good to know! Thanks.



You have access to your own location data, at least if you have location history enabled. It's an interesting question if defense can request this data from google if you don't have it enabled..


That data could corroborate one's story before it was considered to have no reasonable expectation of privacy.


Well now if it corroborates your story, you can voluntarily share it; if it doesn’t, you can tell law enforcement to get a warrant or pound sand




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