Cops Arresting INNOCENT People Using Google Data

A man was arrested because Google data pegged him at the scene of the crime. It took the cops 6 days to figure out Mr. Molina's phone was at the crime scene, but not Mr. Molina. How can you avoid being caught in the same trap?
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[@doughale1555]

So what you are telling me is that judges are signing off on warrant without sufficient data for probable cause - or even reasonable articulable suspicion of a crime. The judges are not following the law and are aiding and abetting the cops violation of the law.

[@elitebeing21]

Damn

[@shawnwatson1419]

Yes they generally just rubber stamp them so to speak.

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

Corruption reaches beyond the president? Shocking!

[@musictosoothe]

The whole thing seems illegal.

[@mjolnirswrath23]

@@musictosoothe usc 5 7311

[@Grimeaper]

Considering I have teleported many times according to google maps while out for a walk, guess I will be arrested for violating the laws of physics.

[@avradio0b]

Just teleport away! They won't be able to catch you

[@sethmullins8346]

This is a prime example of something I've been told for years. The cops' job isn't to provide justice or protect, their job is to pin it on somebody.

[@Misfit-from-Zanti]

I just figured that out recently. Too late..!

[@maxbrinker9333]

Yup that’s pretty accurate for the most part, at least they will never get fired nor will they receive any flak for doing that so why do the right thing when it could put you in jeopardy ?

[@TheRealDrJoey]

Truth and justice have NOTHING to do with law enforcement or juris prudence.

[@TheSupervillain316]

Had a cop threaten my family to make me "admit to this, WHETHER HE DID IT OR NOT, so I can close out my shift". What does that tell you

[@awalton9024]

Yep, that's pretty close. Police are held accountable for how many crimes are "solved" and how quickly an arrest is made. Justice? That's the courts problem. That creates a conflict of interest. While police usually protect the public and most police don't want to jam-up an innocent person there are certainly many in law enforcement who just don't' care.

[@DEA90799]

I've studied this issue too. A faraday bag is a good defense against driving while texting. Disabling location features doesn't work to prevent EM waves coming to and from your phone, and Google still collects location data regardless of what options you select. Google lost a case about this merely due to lack of consent. You have to consent now to operate a Google phone.

[@daviddavid5880]

Handy info. Thanks "The innocent have nothing to fear" is something no sane person ever said.

[@kevindunlap5525]

The innocent have nothing to fear except the government.

[@normanplombe2889]

And yet, when I tell people I do not have a cell phone because I don't want to be tracked everywhere I go...they look at me like I'm nuts...."Nobody give a damn where you go." Uh...then WHY DO THEY TRACK IT? Seriously. If I followed and recorded you everywhere you went, you'd tell me to f off or you'd call cops...because I'm stalking you. When APPLE does it, you pay them to stalk you. I'm the nut, yep.

[@killertigergaming7395]

@@normanplombe2889 why not just buy a phone that doesn’t do that

[@nathanielbass771]

@@killertigergaming7395 Did you miss the part about $2000? also, a lot of phones are built where even if the phone itself doesn't have a battery in it, several mechanisms can ping nearby towers

[@killertigergaming7395]

@@nathanielbass771 uh maybe what are you talking about 2000 dollars you mean the librem thats a joke of a phone and is only a phone you buy if your braindead rich and bored. cheaper phones are just as private

[@nukkinfuts6550]

We had a guy in Sweden who reported his wife as missing, she had went for a walk but did not come back, ofc the police arrest him as "prime suspect", the poor guy spends like 6 months in lock-up awaiting trial before someone walking the forest finds her, she had been trampled to death by a Moose...

[@ttdttd4211]

That's not right

[@jenkzkh]

I hope he sued. I would have

[@deadtreebark]

That's dirty

[@theblueflame2221]

They'll be right on your doorstep ten minutes from hearing you paid a penny short on your taxes. But finding a missing person or fighting crime.. they'd have to arrest their bosses and one another.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

Was the moose held responsible for her death?

[@VitoVeccia]

I had a coworker once, who's wife accused him of drinking at a local bar ( recovering alcoholic ). His phone asked him to give a google review, because he " visited the place ". Turns out he was stopped at the red light, and that bar is located on the street corner. The next day, we had to hear all day long, about how stupid is wife was, for not believing him.

[@debbiestimac5175]

That is utterly terrifying! The only thing that we can do to avoid being swept up in this kind of behavior by courts and cops, is stop carrying cell phones. But that is reason for suspicion too. We are all utterly at the mercy of bad policing and insurance fraudsters.

[@TheRealDrJoey]

Two words: Flip phone.

[@UBvtuber]

@C. Lord They usually have less features to spy on you with, hell if you get a really basic one with a basic plan, it might not have internet or cell data at all. Just calling and texting which.. yeah that can still possibly be used against you, but it's less to pin on you.

[@coldbrew6104]

@@TheRealDrJoey Flip phones nowadays run Android

[@TheRealDrJoey]

@@coldbrew6104 I don't even know what that means, but my phone is simply a phone. No internet connection.

[@luci-fer250]

UNLESS I GO TO MY MOTHERS HOUSE MY PHONE GROUNDED AT HOME

[@brettstarks1846]

Regarding Mr. Molina’s plight, a lot of cops are just plain lazy and bad at their jobs. Once they find some plausible suspect, no further investigation is needed in many cases.

[@climber950]

History has proven you right more times than anyone would like to admit, especially when it came to minorities. Many cases have shown deliberate actions taken to prosecute an innocent person by police, DA’s, and judges.

[@JTA1961]

(A L0T) should have been in capital letters...

[@shanepowers7566]

Absolutely right.

[@simonhadley8829]

The suspect doesn't even need to be plausible, just convenient.

[@marcushoward6560]

Most cops today only care about CLOSING cases to make it LOOK like they are working. SOLVING cases couldn't possibly matter less.

[@ShanntahnPininchula]

*GOOD NEWS* - This happened March 2022. A warrant that used Google location history to find people near the scene of a 2019 bank robbery violated their constitutional protection against unreasonable searches, a federal judge has ruled. The decision - believed to be the first of its kind - could make it more difficult for police to continue using an investigative technique that has exploded in popularity in recent years, privacy experts say. The ruling came earlier this month in a closely watched Virginia case in which the robbery suspect argued that the use of a “geofence warrant” violated the Fourth Amendment. Geofence warrants seek location data on every person within a specific location over a certain period of time. To work, those people must be using cellphones or other electronic devices that have the location history feature enabled. U.S. District Judge Hannah Lauck found that the warrant violated the constitution by gathering the location history of people near the bank without having any evidence that they had anything to do with the robbery.

[@jayjaynella4539]

Police are getting out of hand, and are lying more than ever due to the use of these mobile tracking devices. Truth goes out the window as the accumulation of more money for the cops takes precedence over truth.

[@pjbiggleswerth8903]

This needs more like

[@ambulocetusnatans]

Good news, but if it goes to the majority Roman Catholic Supreme Court, it will likely be reversed.

[@modernretroradio993]

A sign of hope for this corrupt system of ours.

[@drrocketman7794]

Whew!

[@tonyhekopiano5892]

Imagine they start writing speeding tickets based on your GPS data.

[@vlogsurfer]

Quick story about "turning off" your Google Location. I did just what you suggested, answering "yes" to the question, "are you sure? This will mean you will feel lost forever and never remember what great places you've been😂". Six months later, I got an email from Google happily sharing with me my location history for the past 10 years, for my enjoyment, of course. Moral of the story is, if you turn it off, you are only blocking YOUR use of it. They can and will still access it. I like the farady bag, and have a few 😀

[@ankles632]

Another issue I have with these warrants is the judges who sign them. Seems that judges now days are mere rubber stamps who sign anything put in front of them.

[@ray495903314]

End judicial immunity

[@nicholashodges201]

It's particularly bad in cases involving *any* tech. If they're told an app is 100% accurate, then they will blindly sign the warrant based on that app. They will not research it themselves. We've had several judges either allow wrongfully initiated cases while dismissing others based on their complete lack of understanding of digital tech and it's effects.

[@TheRealDrJoey]

Even at the highest possible levels. Has ANYONE gotten in ANY trouble for the falsified affidavit submitted to the FISA court that resulted in a 35 million dollar investigation into the Russian Collusion Hoax??

[@bullmoose5574]

Because it's probably not judge's, it's probably magistrates.

[@Shadow_Banned_Conservative]

They were allowed this kind of "discretion" after 2001. You can't put the genie back in the bottle now. And most of us can't do anything to stop it. I work in a 24/7 operations environment where a cell phone is a must and is even provided by the employer to make sure you have one and are reachable. If it wasn't for that, I'd have a faraday bag as I rarely use my phone. I also only have apps installed that I actually use as most need access to everything on your phone to use. I'm an older guy, in my fifties now. When I talk to today's youth, they don't care who tracks them, who collects info on them, or who they sell it to. They grew up with it, so it's completely normal to them. And if someone offers them something for free, then they can't agree to sell their data fast enough. Today's generation grew up without privacy so they don't value it. That will be one of the things that causes their downfall.

[@alanlsavoy]

As a software developer, I'm impressed how accurate this video is.

[@K9Megahertz]

As a software developer, we could already see things going this way back when smart phones were released. Now its not limited to your phones, cars with GPS technology built-in are now tracking/recording/reporting/archiving your location. Car companies will also have more access to shut down cars remotely. I mean pretty sure OnStar was capable of this a while back, but now that everybody is buying Tesla's like hotcakes it'll be harder to opt-out of "features" like this. Eventually law enforcement will get access and they'll be able to shut down cars in a specified area whether you're guilty of a crime or not. How many of your that own a Tesla have control over what software your car is currently running? What if you don't agree with what its running?

[@roadmonitoroz]

@@K9Megahertz It's always been available (before smart phones) with triangulation (which is accurate in the suburbs and very accurate (down to which side of the street you are on and outside which building) in the CBD. It's not just Teslas with internet and GPS. Lots of cars have a permanent connection to the internet and can be tracked. Look for those guys who hacked a jeep and shut it down driving down the freeway. Basically got into the CAN remotely and could turn the radio on, engage the ABS so the brakes wouldn't work, blast the horn, turn on the wipers, etc etc Over here, the police have more powers than the USA. If you have no phone and no GPS tracker in your vehicle they can get you by your rego plate. Quite a few cop cars have auto plate readers plus certain roads have auto plate readers on them too. Pretty easy to track someone either way.

[@domingodeanda233]

It's a trap

[@PutsOnSneakers]

@@K9Megahertz You might be young, this was already available since radio broadcasting was around. I'm talking about your common radio and radio antennas

[@Lovuschka]

@@K9Megahertz That's exactly how the Obama administration murdered Michael Hastings.

[@michaelspaargaren5595]

Retired Chicago cop here. 20 years. Love your channel.

[@robertfromtexas2480]

A similar thing almost happened to me. We had a murder in town. The next day,the Texas Rangers showed up at our house because supposedly the killers cell phone was pinging close to our house. Luckily, my wife is from this small town and the cops knew her and a knew we weren't killers... But if we were strangers or were in a large city. It could have been bad.

[@kenfulkerson9567]

Had this happen to me, the store behind the Gas station got Robbed, and i was filling my tank in the area. Cops actually said they could arrest me for not cooperating with them. This was after I had already talked to them for 30 minutes. The SGT in charge said I would be watched for awhile, even after i proved that I had nothing to offer as i was not able to see what had happened.

[@nathanielbass771]

would cooperating with them be by perjury in court , discrediting the case by being a witness that saw nothing or by showing abuse of power to the DA and internal affairs ? XD I wouldn't be brave enough to say as much unless I was held unreasonably, but there are so many things wrong with what happened to you

[@DeadMouseWater]

Fuck them mother fuckers if he said he was gona watch me for awhile I'd be like well we pay you to do something huh some real skills there

[@CrypticCobra]

"talk" I assume the talking was telling them to piss off and making a scene the entire time.

[@Landscapeofsolitude]

You could have went to the institute for justice.

[@troystutsman1400]

NEVER TALK TO THE POLICE…!!! Alway demand to speak to a lawyer and then shut up until the lawyer arrives…!

[@jrose353]

Loved this. I had no idea the police can issue broad warrants like that…. That’s actually terrifying.

[@Andrewflusche]

Yes. Terrifying is a good word.

[@tedsaylor6016]

And Andrew didn't even mention Stingrays and their ilk.

[@notalkinggameplay]

@@Andrewflusche is there any firms or group of people pushing legislations to make these illegal or harder to obtain?

[@VSMOKE1]

Lmao Edward Snowden told us the government tracks everything we do how do you think government blackmail happens they know everything

[@pinballrobbie]

I think 911 twin towers was the pretext for that

[@Undecided0]

The funny thing is that my Google tracking did the opposite. NYPD said that I fit the description of a robbery suspect. I was at the movies at the time. My lawyer contacted Google & got the geolocation data. The case was dismissed at arraignment. I ended up suing the city & the person who falsely identified me as the suspect. I spent a week in the hospital, because the cops broke my leg & arm while tackling me.

[@tomeauburn]

Did you settle or is it ongoing

[@Bacteriophagebs]

But you must have done _something_ wrong, because the innocent have nothing to fear from the cops! Right? Right? There have been more police raids hitting the wrong house in the area around my house (four) than there have been reported burglaries (three) in the time I've lived here. We're talking doors kicked in, kids held at gunpoint, houses overturned, property destroyed or confiscated, the works. Every time, the cops had a warrant and they raided the address on the warrant, but every time it turned out to be a neighbor who had actually committed the crime(s) and the cops would come back and raid the right address days or weeks later. I have no idea how any of those second raids went, if the person was guilty or if they'd disposed of all the evidence after being warned by the raid on the neighbor.

[@deuscoromat742]

You're getting pretty popular, its good to see more lawyers on KZbin focused on privacy and keeping cops honest.

[@ralphiewigs2208]

The admonition "Don't talk to the police" has never been more appropriate.

[@4460532800218528]

The judges issuing these warrants are a big part of the problem.

[@dragonf1092]

The judge should be removed from the bench and prosecuted.

[@karlleh]

Judges need to start facing consequences for their poor decisions.

[@pegbay5856]

I love your videos and the humor is so great! The info is totally what we need out here. Wish we had attorneys like you in our small very corrupt town!

[@troydorr4867]

I absolutely love what your doing! You're advice, is a true public service!! Keep doing, what you're doing!!

[@TBI-Firefighter-451]

New Sub here. Wow I learned allot and as an Ex-LEO I totally agree with you that one should never talk to the Police especially without an Attorney Present as they will contort your words and screw you over, guilty or not.

[@The1SilverShadow]

that same shxt happened to me twice, reporting an incident where i was the victim, then i was the one told i could be arrested...i was totally innocent, the uk has the oddest policing structure

[@Misfit-from-Zanti]

Anything you say can and will be used against you... Not for you, not to help you out, not to prove your innocence, but to screw you over and give them points.

[@NewbGamingNetworks]

As someone who is very privacy centric, I can say this video was beautifully researched. It's scary how much data companies will collect if you let them as well as the various places it'll end up.

[@patr10t762]

Find Rob Braxman here on YT to scratch your itch about protecting your privacy.

[@dmo848]

If you have stupid Pluto app look in the settings in privacy. It's hidden they are selling your data and you can get out of it by finding it! Like huh

[@tinof5829]

BEST information "EVER!" Thank you sir! You ARE the man!

[@kikoface9984]

Awesome video, sir. Appreciate all the work you put in your videos.

[@AcmeRacing]

I avoid carrying my cell when I'm away from home, not because I'm up to anything nefarious. It's because I don't like being reachable 24/7 by anybody who wants to interrupt what I'm doing.

[@robertthomas5906]

What about your expired car warranty? LOL.

[@roadmonitoroz]

@@robertthomas5906 I always tell those guys I have a 1967 dodge rambler with 1.1 million miles on it. Oil leaks ? Yes

[@suedenim9208]

Tracking aside, I find that if I don't answer a call the call doesn't get answered.

[@Pinky-lg3lz]

@@roadmonitoroz my '82 Nissan 3000 (a forktruck)

[@dingdong1456]

Well, no offense, but why have a "mobile" Phone when you don't use it while away from home?

[@rgnestle]

As an Amazon Flex Independent Contractor, I can tell you that "Geo Fences" are GARBAGE!!! I am constantly told I am NOT at a location even though I am standing DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE LOCATION!!! BAD GOOGLE! BAD! :)

[@ApexImportExport]

Google geofence is trash...the only reasonable location would be via triangulation via the cell towers/base stations and GPS signal. I remember the garbage navigation maps Amazon used and too often it was off by 200 yards or more and forced to find that location to show delivery attempt. I realized how askew big tech was by seeing this and bot behaviors online...tell me, if AI is being educated by our "current" online view, it's literally based on BS, right? haha

[@rgnestle]

@@ApexImportExport Quoth the Kool-aid man, "OH, YEAH!"

[@RawInSeattle]

And that's EXACTLY what a shill would say.... do your own research, don't use google to do that research. I trust this content, not some random dude who says this shit..

[@AdamKazarian]

Police are trained for confession, not solving crimes. They focus on the easy and roll with it.

[@sealand000]

When you give incompetent people too much power

[@JMcMillen]

After all the police procedural shows I've watched, I figured out a long time ago is that if you're going to commit a crime you LEAVE YOUR CELLPHONE AT HOME. Because if a LEA even thinks you might have something to do with it, you know they're going to try to see where you phone was during the time of said crime. Also, NEVER take a toll road because your toll tag or license plate can give you up as well.

[@manictiger]

I don't commit crimes and I never bring my phone with me. They can sit and spin.

[@Adam-ox6zy]

And also never set off to do a crime too. There’s a hot tip.

[@OGBuddah]

As an IT professional I can confirm that is sound advise. Sadly people do not feel the wide collection of data is an issue, until it is. Thank you for the awesome video. For recommendation, I would love to see someone compare data and consumer protection(s) from inside the USA and elsewhere. How do other countries do it and is there anything we can learn from them on how to do things better? Thank you!

[@johnwesley256]

Do you think that going into Developer options and turning on location spoofing would work?

[@ninja5411]

Wow - this information is excellent. Thank you !

[@Jfcobbett]

Greater “Office Space “ reference. Great advice as well. Keep up the good work

[@AllenPendleton]

I'm glad to see someone got a settlement from the cops. It's about time.

[@lonetraveller]

Problem is cops don't pay the fines the taxpayers do.

[@deletednet3919]

@@lonetraveller you realize cops pay taxes too right?

[@reginabillotti]

​@@deletednet3919 Yes, but so do thousands of others living in the same community. So the financial burden is spread thin and the cops who were acting wrongly don't really feel much pain in their bank accounts.

[@hoibsh21]

I was on the sidewalk when I saw a police cruiser parked on my right. Instead of leaning into the open window and saying Hi Officer, How's Yr Day Goin, I stared straight ahead and walked on by. All thanks to yr channel!

[@therichtershow]

scary to even think about! Thanks for the video, very informative

[@dasnilpferd115]

You give advice I think is useful and important, but I liked this specifically for that phone smashing skit 😂 that’s good shit 😂

[@PushingThroughThePain]

Loved the Office Space reference! As a former security tech, I have a couple insights to add... First, don't smash any electronic device that has lithium ion batteries in it with any kind of tool, because the batteries will catch fire or even explode if punctured. Yes, I've actually witnessed a Lithium Ion battery explode in person after a coworker had punctured it during a self-repair project at his home workshop. Secondly, be aware that certain "privacy focused" devices are actually designed and sold by governments to entrap people who think the government is not watching, when in fact they still are. I'll try to find one of the articles where America and Australia were working together on just this very thing. Several people were arrested because they thought they were safe from prying eyes. Third, the same is true with custom Android operating systems. While the "secure" devices were a physical product, they were also allowing people to download the "privacy centered" Android based operating system. The open source projects mentioned are not government honeypots, and are less likely to have government/3rd party tracking code in them, however, the fact that they are open source means that anyone can view and modify any part of the open source code. While there are measures in place to catch malicious code through moderators and, well, the community members, not everything is always caught right away. As with everything, there are tradeoffs. Regardless of what option is chosen, if you choose to install Google services, which is required for almost any Google app, then you are essentially nullifying any and all efforts to make your device anonymous. In summary, if you are going to go private, PLEASE research the snot out of the options. If you don't know what you're doing, or don't feel comfortable, ask someone who does, whom you can trust... And maybe pay them for their knowledge, time and efforts in helping protect your privacy. Don't place personal information on your privatized devices. DEFINITELY get a Faraday bag for each of your devices!!! Thanks for the video!!!

[@PushingThroughThePain]

Here's one article that talks about the Anom OS and the devices that were sold. I couldn't find the others that I read previously, or the KZbin video of a guy who obtained one after the fact, showing him poking around the OS. The article did mistakenly say that one could not make phone calls or use other apps on the phones, however, that was not the case when this operation was in effect. Now that the operation has ended these particular phones are useless, and all but bricked. However, the operation was wildly successful and as law enforcement is prone to do once it finds a successful trap, it will do it again. It won't let me add the link in the comments for some reason, so let me try this... pcmag com/news/ fbi-sold-criminals-fake-encrypted-phones-that-actually-copied-their-messages

[@brianleeper5737]

Lithium-ion batteries will only "explode" (it's not an explosion) if they are charged and punctured. Even if they are charged and punctured, the results can be anything from some smoke to the battery bursting into flames (which is not an explosion; there is no flying shrapnel or debris from the battery). If the battery is dead then nothing happens.

[@kurtrussell5228]

You wanna go private? Buy a basic flip phone

[@caleblagrange7164]

The projects he mentioned (graphene and librem) are floss so there's not really a concern about it being a honeypot.

[@stickman-1]

Watch Rob Braxton's channel here on YT. He has a lot of information on this subject.

[@alexandersears8538]

I had to pause and fight laughter when you recreated the printers death scene from Office Space. Made my day.

[@Andrewflusche]

Thanks! Filming that scene was the most fun thing I've ever done on this channel. :D

[@JasonCarmichael]

@@Andrewflusche Excellent heal stomp. But a hammer, wow, that's just a bit of a drastic step. 😂

[@donaldwest8130]

I almost came off the couch laughing. Haven't seen that movie in a few years. I actually lived that in the corporate world of the 1990's. The downsizing, the "Bob's and all the cheese being moved... The only way to win is not play the game. Which made Peter (Ron Livingston) the man. .

[@GANGSTAlKINGjamaicanboy]

@@Andrewflusche that’s why these fool driving me down everywhere I go and have the community watching me but they telling alot of lies in me I never did a murder

[@larrykent196]

Great subject. Thank you for sharing.

[@Gandalf_Lundgren]

Great video and LOVED the reference to Office Space!! Now I want to go get a speeding ticket just to meet you! 🤣

[@Jamez84]

I think the bigger problem is the extremely low standard these cops need to get warrants like this.

[@suedenim9208]

How high a standard do you think they should need to get information that, because you agreed to give it to them, is the lawful property of a 3rd party that has no privacy rights at stake?

[@killertigergaming7395]

@@suedenim9208 over the ceiling

[@helidude3502]

Oddly enough, “find my phone” feature isn’t enough to get a warrant for a stolen phone. Surprisingly, the police did knock on the door to ask about the phone. Of course the signal disappeared before they drove away.

[@nowhereman7398]

Same thing happened to my girlfriend. Found the location of the phone, but they could do nothing.

[@nnelg8139]

Sounds to me like the solution here is to stalk your phone (specifically the phone, not the person who stole it) until you have an opportunity to retrieve it. Even if that's simply grabbing it out of the hands of whoever is holding it... What are they going to do, call the cops on you? (Yes, they probably will. But now the phone is in evidence, and it should come out quickly who the real owner is.)

[@roylavecchia1436]

Same thing happened with my brother's phone.

[@mjolnirswrath23]

@@nnelg8139 meh... not if you let out the air from their tires , criminals are generally Stupid and their drug addled brains have VERY short attention span

[@MoonbeameSmith]

@@nnelg8139 make sure you have a way to actually identify the phone if the cops get involved

[@mkivy]

Great information sir I will use that next time that happens, when I need to…. Thank goodness 😅 we have you to guide us Ole ppl and young ….

[@joshweickum]

The true devil in the details is knowing when they choose to use it and when they don't...

[@NoorquackerInd]

As someone who has been living (most of) the anti-google lifestyle, I'm glad to see it spreading to more and more people. I'm still very well known as the tinfoil-hat guy for the stuff I do, but hey, it fits well with a tinkerer lifestyle as well. The fact that it takes such little reasoning to get such warrants makes me _absolutely_ sure that I'm on the right path though. A step back into the normal world is a step in the wrong direction

[@bob_mosavo]

Andrew, there was a theory that was circulating a few years ago that included a warrantless search of your phone to check for software copyright violations. Maybe you could cover ways that someone could obtain a warrant to search one's phone.

[@TRPGpilot]

Only in the USA, land of the so-called free home of the so-called brave . . .

[@elitebeing21]

@@TRPGpilot that idea died once the civil war happen smh... soo late

[@-JonnyBoy-]

They can't search it if they can't get access to it. This is why you should not have a fingerprint or face login because they can force you to press that or look at the phone. They can't force you to type in a passcode or login pattern.

[@zeemzero2880]

@@-JonnyBoy- Interesting...

[@kasuraga]

@@-JonnyBoy- nice thing about the last few android phones I've had. Even with fingerprint unlock, if you restart the phone, it'll refuse fingerprints until the actual code is entered first.

[@X1Y0Z0]

Thanks for information that is helpful, useful & accurate

[@mimusic1853]

Love your videos. Thank you. Gracias!

[@EventHoriXZ0n]

What a coincidence, my wife and I have been looking into getting our data privatized and will be cutting back our technology usage because of things just like this. When I really started to learn how much data MANY companies keep of you, ALL the time and that the authorities just hand it over the second it's demanded, I was shocked. Now here you are covering this exact topic around the same time. I guess a lot of people are coming to realize this stuff.

[@rticle15]

Unfortunately there is no way to privatize your data and stay out of the system. Even if you ditch your cellphone. Although that will be the bulk of you data

[@EventHoriXZ0n]

@@rticle15 You mean “completely” privatize. I’m not worried about that- otherwise I wouldn’t be responding to you through a Google account lol

[@mkp3824]

Great video, Andy. I just want to add that I saw a report on the news a few years ago, that stated after a test, even turning off the phone won't help much. It still marks where you go. Best bet, if you want to break the law, play the "it's 1986," game. Leave the phone at home!

[@alvankarpas6245]

Most excellent vid, one of your best yet. People are getting wild eyed (Adam Schiff) and acting goofy in public places over seemingly benign matters. What are the legal boundaries when confronted by such people such as someone following you around a store crying out "no mask, no mask" and how do you present yourself to the police when such incidents are escalated to their attention? Magic words that they will recognize that you are the rational party.

[@joecosgrove3593]

This is my favorite subject I have seen on this channel. In the future I would like to see more on this subject including PC privacy and how online activity can be used against people's freedom.

[@andrewdolokhov5408]

I don't have a cell phone and I never have owned one for more than a brief time. I always wondered how the geolocation data could go wrong. Thanks to the uploader for this video!

[@zedfourme5085]

I used to use my phone as a bike computer forever. One day I forgot my phone at home and was riding in the middle of the night when I stopped for a break and noticed a single person laying down in a peculiar spot like they were sleeping. Odd, but I'm not gonna disturb someone. Next morning I see news reports of a body found in the same spot dressed exactly as the guy I passed "sleeping". I bought a bike computer that week and now ride with my phone off and listen to music downloaded on a burner phone. It hasn't been solved to this day and I still think of how lucky I was not to have my phone as that would have made me the sole suspect in the case.

[@noneya609]

Hmm, you sound very suspect.

[@JamesMichaelDoyle]

@@noneya609 nah bums sleep on parks all the time dude. i see plenty of them along the bike paths here in ottawa. one section of it down near vanier they literally have tents and makeshift sheds in the bush. i wouldnt think anything of someone seemingly sleeping on the ground if i stopped for a rest at night.

[@WardenWolf]

FYI, phones still do tower pings even while "off". It's impossible to truly power off a modern phone since you can't remove the battery.

[@cateatingchezburger4267]

​@@WardenWolf try a lead case.

[@truthdoesnotexist]

@@cateatingchezburger4267 actually they hvae faraday bags on amazon for cheap

[@kingpolt98]

Awesome videos! Id love to see a video about vehicle tags and registration.

[@robertkesselring]

There is a HUGE problem with the Faraday bags that you didn't mention... your phone cannot receive incoming calls when in the bag. This might not be a problem for some people, but for some people it will, and you should be aware of it when making that decision.

[@billkaldem5099]

These cops have names, faces and it’s known where they work. I was taught by a special forces master Sargent that I was only as safe as the last person I did wrong or they think I did them wrong want me to be. Just leave your phone at home

[@John.McMillan]

"Well, I would call a ambulance after getting in a bad crash, but I left my phone at home." No, you're as safe as you keep yourself.

[@thesocialistsarecoming8565]

If youre paranoid enough to leave it behind, better to get a small metal box to function as a farraday cage to put it in.

[@BLMacab]

@@thesocialistsarecoming8565 Bernie 2024 or you love hitler

[@theblueflame2221]

Or simply buy old school phones. Maybe the younger generation know doesn't know of 'em, but having your phone at home used to be a thing. Or simply one without the internet on it. Why people ever went for that I'll never get. Get an old Nokia, those are pretty long lasting.

[@inlovehusband]

@@thesocialistsarecoming8565 lead box, cages don't work.

[@tthaas]

Scary that such a broad net warrant could be issued -- certainly seems to be a 4th Amendment issue on a couple of levels (although the fact that the police simply could ask Google for the info and Google might hand it over freely comes into play, and should be more than a little scary). I'd love to continue to see "flex your rights," kind of topics like this one, showing people the intersection between their lives and the law, and how they can keep their rights safe.

[@TRPGpilot]

Only in the USA, land of the so-called free home of the so-called brave . . .

[@markpashia7067]

seems like Google would be justified in placing an extremely high fee on such "requests" as a way of limiting them. If it is important enough you will pay for it, otherwise go pound sand. Make them think before going to that extreme. Kidnapping case, of course, but petty theft? No way! Judges should be using more sense when granting these but obviously they don't.

[@suedenim9208]

@@markpashia7067 I'm pretty sure that companies charge fees for providing some information, but if there's a warrant your options are to cooperate for free or go to court to challenge it. The latter generally only works when they're looking for something that's not a physical item that they'll just carry off while you're still on the phone with a lawyer.

[@quantaviousmooney3675]

You have no rights ,and you are pledging allegiance to an occultic lie

[@harold3315]

It appears to me a non technology guy . These phone and website co. are an extension of the Don't forget those guys.We should be afraid 😟

[@user-bt3bo7hl6f]

Love the privacy type videos, thank you.

[@happycows]

Thank you for the information. You now have a new subscriber.

[@NoCantsAllowed]

Solid advice. Thanks for being part of helping make people aware. The more that follow it, the less & less effective a tool-of-terror it will be for those that seek to exploit it!

[@robevans5222]

EXCELLENT video, Andrew. The overwhelming majority of people are quite unaware of how much information they are sharing with google and other tech entities.

[@davidcook9616]

Very informative sir, thank you very much

[@applejacks971]

I love the Office Space reference, well done!!! Now, about those TPS reports lol!

[@JM-er2yl]

When I was growing up, I was taught this kind of privacy violation only happened in the Soviet Union....

[@Aaron48219]

I subscribed months ago because I knew this would eventually be covered. Well done Mr. Flusche. You are the hero we need, but not the one we deserve.

[@permanator5417]

Office space reference, instant like. Awesome video full of great information.

[@bennyboyy7]

It would be nice to see how many suspects were actually caught out of how many times they've gotten these warrants

[@suedenim9208]

To be fair, they need more to do than just drink coffee and eat donuts when they have to stand around outside a school for an entire hour.

[@additudeobx]

I looked at my Google Privacy Policy.... "When you use our services, you're trusting us with your information. We understand this is a big responsibility and we work hard to protect your information and put you in control. ...... cycle-babble....

[@pretikewl76]

Their slogan went from "Do no evil" to "Ok, we're evil."

[@uranodas]

Good info brother 👍 love your videos 👍

[@cynthiabranch2]

Thank you for your insight.

[@lizwalker6769]

My cellphone was tracking me. If I called someone a different name would show on the persons caller ID. I had it looked at and was told it wasn't a hack job but the entire phone had been reprogrammed I also started having problems with my laptop. They were using google maps to track me. It was a new phone and I had never set up maps or GPS as I hadn't had a need too. It started last July when someone I had considered a good friend went ballistic on me. She trashed my bedroom, even pulling off a bifold door. She threw a landline phone at my head and afterwards I found a dent in the wall where it hit. If I hadn't pulled my head back it would have hit me in the head. I had my tablet in my hand and hit camera and video but she realized I was taping her. She grabbed it and that's the last I saw it. What she didn't know was I had an old flip phone I was able to charge so I could at least call 911 if something happened on the road. It was in the bedroom being charged. and I did call 911. By the time I called she had beat me up and I realized she had already taken the other 2 land line phones. This cop keeps harassing me. I found a bug in my house. I realize after listening to your video their are 2 cell phones she took that. I should report. My good one I actually reported to Verizon because even though I had made the final payment the day before it broke I still had to pay the monthly fee which I cancelled. I asked what the amount I owed was and they said it was a couple dollars and I paid it. It was after this bitch stole it I got a bill for $150. I tried to work it out with them but they wouldn't listen. I got another bill and they put it in collections. I had thought it took longer than 2 months for a bill to go in to collections but it really dropped my credit rating. I'm trying to move from here. I just can't stand even living here anymore but even though my home has increased in value, almost doubled but to buy something else the prices of everything has gone way up. I'd have a good down payment but would still have to have a mortgage. I'm trying to get a lawyer that handles identity theft but not as easy as it sounds.

[@oldogre5999]

That is why EVERYONE needs to take self defense classes and keep things like baseball bats, knives and guns in convenient but well hidden locations around the home, AND/OR be like me and ALWAYS be armed! I carry a tiny little .380 auto on my person 24/7 its even in the shower with me (put it up on a top shelf in a sandwich bag with a washcloth over it)! Put a good solid door on your bathroom and strong locks, that will give you enough time to get your eyes rinsed out and get your weapon. NO one has a right to lay hands on you, and NO ONE is EVER unarmed when it comes to violence! (what are those two things attached to your shoulders called?) Don't believe men, then what happens when your abuser closes their hands and makes fists and goes after you? Still think they are "unarmed"?...

[@tedsaylor6016]

Note that the flip side of that is your location data could help prove you were not in the location of a crime. Either way, your phones location never (on its own) proves YOUR location. And the best way to explain this to the police is thru a good lawyer, like Esq. Flusche.

[@phlodel]

Your phone location could provide reasonable doubt you were at a given location but would not prove you were not there.

[@batsonelectronics]

you assume who is accused in this manner has the 1000's to spend on a lawyer for something they DIDN'T do.

[@texdevildog9174]

I was thinking the same thing, like giving my phone to someone to take bus trip and then getting a pre-paid to do the thing.

[@additudeobx]

How do you figure that? Mr. Molina was exonerated when the police discovered that it was not him, but his phone that was present. So would you consider that maybe, Mr. Molina was aware of Geofencing and could have purposefully left his phone at home, put his phone in his friend's car that was headed to the other side of town, etc. Mr. Molina could say he was with his phone and not present at or around the scene of the crime when in fact he was, iit was just his phone that was not.

[@cheekymonkey666]

if your phone doesnt have a GPS app they can only pin point you between three points as origin, also not everyone uses google on their phone...

[@tonyrutland9289]

Loved this vid, in the time that we live in all the help we can get is beneficial.

[@carebear8316]

Love your video! I was shocked when you said Stafford Va because that is my neck of the backwoods. 22406 to be exact. Thanks for the info. I’ll be sure to disable all that google tracking stuff.

[@kalgrave497]

Id be down for my cyber security videos this was very good example of How, Tech companies are really getting one over on folks

[@grantteaton1727]

"Why did it take the police 6 days of holding Molina in a cage and interrogating him to sort this out?" I would hazard to guess it was because he didn't ask for a lawyer.

[@floridagirl9064]

i would hazard to let you know; poor people cannot afford such legal representation..

[@autophreaktrishield]

Perhaps his lawyer should argue a violation of Ashcraft v state? He'll even public defenders should know of that statute

[@grantteaton1727]

@@floridagirl9064 If you can't afford a lawyer one is provided to you free of charge from the state. Nice try though.

[@floridagirl9064]

@@grantteaton1727 theyre called public defenders & they hardly passed the state bar.

[@dogebadger]

The Office Space reference where you took the hammer to the phone didn't go unnoticed hahaha subscribed just for that

[@jameschaney8777]

Thanks for the useful information

[@greg407]

The sad thing is sometimes the precision on gps isn’t that accurate. I’ve had my gps say I’m in one area but I’m actually somewhere else. This is just ludicrous.

[@TheNotoriousNemo]

Sad but true, I last week had google take me 5min away from the actual location.

[@snowbird29803]

Glad you are branching out to even more Freedom and privacy eroding situations like this. Love your clips.

[@JTA1961]

yes & yes...

[@maryearnest3976]

Great info. Thanks

[@chef5749]

Awesome video, we'll put together, very informative. Thank you.

[@overland3962]

Great content as usual, thank you for your time and effort.

[@DuggleBogey]

Conspiracy Theorist: "The government is injecting trackers into your body!" Meanwhile he carries his phone with him everywhere he goes, including the bathroom...

[@MyerShift7]

You're so small minded and naive

[@JoeR203]

You'd think that by now, people who are going to commit a crime would NOT bring their phone with them.

[@arpjoe]

Great information!!

[@TM-tw1py]

Awesome video! Love more videos like this on avoiding invasive phone tracking.

[@phoenixrising4573]

Big difference between a suspect being pinged, and the blatantly unconstitutional geo fence warrants.

[@heidiwaid8130]

Yes I like your video very much. Very good information. I don't know your other content but I'm going to subscribe and take a look

[@weeowee365]

I love your videos, and I really enjoy the silly Office Space gag.

[@tomc.4860]

This video was very informative and frightening. I am definitely going to see what I can do to make sure I don't get caught in some random electronic dragnet. There are too many innocent American citizens and cuffed, beaten, incarcerated, and tortured in our modern judicial system.

[@davezul4396]

Thankyou for an extremely informative and useful video. You can never have enough information on how to protect yourself from the JUST US system!

[@cotydwight4201]

Absolutely love your tie. Stay fresh my man

[@jordie00bogart]

Great video as usual!