NBC: Google Tracked His Bike Ride Past a Burglarized Home. That Made Him a Suspect.
A Florida man who tracks his bike rides using a fitness app found himself a suspect in a burglary when police used a geofence warrant to collect data from nearby devices, according to an investigation by NBC. Zachary McCoy had never been in the home where the burglary occurred. Still, by leaving his location settings on for the RunKeeper app, he unwittingly provided information about his whereabouts to Google, which placed him at the scene of the crime. RELATED STORY: WebMD and Healthline Exposed Violating Your Privacy Since McCoy had biked past the house where the burglary took place...
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