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Investigators wrangled video from Nancy Guthrie’s Google Nest camera out of ‘backend systems’ (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 51 points 3 days ago (2 children)

“There’s some legal, legalese you’ve got to work with, but everybody’s working with us on this,” he said. “I can’t even tell you how many different corporate America, Google, Apple, Meta, all these companies have said, ‘Whatever you need, Sheriff, they’re there,’ and we’re utilizing that leverage to get things done as quickly as we can.”

Am I the only one thinking it's a chilling thing to hear?

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

Yep. Your data is stolen and it's never going to be used in a way that benefits you unless you're really fucking important.

[–] Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 days ago

Youre not. But it is alarming to see how many people view this in a positive light