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Investigators pulled video from ‘residual data’ in Google’s systems — here’s how that was possible and what it means for your privacy.

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[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

only reason, and I mean the ONLY reason why this was possible is because of the high profile case.

still, begs the question. When is my data, no longer my data?

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