Ask HN: Can Ukraine gov ask Google / Apple for geolocation data?

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4 years ago

We're seen in the past geo-fence warrants [1] used by law enforcement to find all active mobile devices within a particular geo-fence area and we've also seen how fitness data has revealed the location of military bases[2].

Could the same techniques be used by the UA government to seek data on Russian ground movements? Is it likely that Apple/Google would comply with such a request?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo-fence_warrant [2] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42853072

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