Siri's Dead Body Joke Is Evidence in a Murder Trial

[freedomno1]

Just a friendly reminder that our Smartphones can be used for a lot of information tracking, also its kind of interesting that they can determine when a flashlight is used on the phone alongside geolocation.

http://mashable.com/2014/08/13/siri-hide-body-murder-trial/

Aguilar's body was found weeks after he disappeared in a rural area of Levy County, Florida, buried in a shallow grave. The motive, the prosecution argues, was related to an argument over Aguilar dating Bravo's ex-girlfriend. Police say the victim disappeared after Bravo drove him to Best Buy to purchase a Kanye West CD.

Police also say the defendant used his iPhone's flashlight to help hide the body in the woods. Location-based data supports this claim, they say, and conflicts with Bravo's alibi. That reinforces how nearly everything you do on a smartphone is recorded and logged. While geo-location data is collected by cellular providers, other information is stored locally on the device itself — police likely extracted the details about how often the flashlight was used (and when) after obtaining Bravo's iPhone.

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Also related but in the fitness related smartphone app sense.
http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2014/08/12/schumer-reveals-without-their-knowledge-fitbit-bracelets-smartphone-apps-are-a-542791.html#.U-xqSfldVkE

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer revealed today that personal health and fitness data - so rich that an individual can be identified by their gait - is being gathered and stored by fitness bracelets like 'FitBit' and others like it, and can potentially be sold to third parties, like employers, insurance providers and other companies, without the users' knowledge or consent. Schumer said that this creates a privacy nightmare, given that these fitness trackers gather highly personal information on steps per day, sleep patterns, calories burned, and GPS locations.

Users often input private health information like blood pressure, weight and more. The data is then uploaded for analysis and feedback for the user. There are currently no federal protections to prevent those developers from then selling that data to a third party without the wearer's consent. Schumer therefore urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to push for fitness device and app companies to provide a clear and obvious opportunity to "opt-out" before any personal health data is provided to third parties, who could discriminate against the user based on that sensitive and private health information.

Currently, there are no federal laws that prevent developers from sharing personal health data with third parties.
Unfortunately, there is a loophole in these guidelines as they only apply to apps that are promoted for medical purposes, such as the diagnosis, cure, treatment or prevention of a disease. Without a secure privacy policy or protection from HIPAA, users' health information obtained via these trackers could be sold to insurers, mortgage lenders, or employers.

Schumer today called on the FTC to help fitness devices and app companies adopt new privacy measures.

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[Ron~Popeil]

Wow every once in a while a politician actually proposes something that makes sense. There should at minimum be an opt out on these devices that track so much personal data.

Oh an dif you are hiding a body don't take your cell phone along. 

[iluvpie60]

Just a friendly reminder that our Smartphones can be used for a lot of information tracking, also its kind of interesting that they can determine when a flashlight is used on the phone alongside geolocation.

http://mashable.com/2014/08/13/siri-hide-body-murder-trial/

Aguilar's body was found weeks after he disappeared in a rural area of Levy County, Florida, buried in a shallow grave. The motive, the prosecution argues, was related to an argument over Aguilar dating Bravo's ex-girlfriend. Police say the victim disappeared after Bravo drove him to Best Buy to purchase a Kanye West CD.

Police also say the defendant used his iPhone's flashlight to help hide the body in the woods. Location-based data supports this claim, they say, and conflicts with Bravo's alibi. That reinforces how nearly everything you do on a smartphone is recorded and logged. While geo-location data is collected by cellular providers, other information is stored locally on the device itself — police likely extracted the details about how often the flashlight was used (and when) after obtaining Bravo's iPhone.

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Also related but in the fitness related smartphone app sense.
http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2014/08/12/schumer-reveals-without-their-knowledge-fitbit-bracelets-smartphone-apps-are-a-542791.html#.U-xqSfldVkE

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer revealed today that personal health and fitness data - so rich that an individual can be identified by their gait - is being gathered and stored by fitness bracelets like 'FitBit' and others like it, and can potentially be sold to third parties, like employers, insurance providers and other companies, without the users' knowledge or consent. Schumer said that this creates a privacy nightmare, given that these fitness trackers gather highly personal information on steps per day, sleep patterns, calories burned, and GPS locations.

Users often input private health information like blood pressure, weight and more. The data is then uploaded for analysis and feedback for the user. There are currently no federal protections to prevent those developers from then selling that data to a third party without the wearer's consent. Schumer therefore urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to push for fitness device and app companies to provide a clear and obvious opportunity to "opt-out" before any personal health data is provided to third parties, who could discriminate against the user based on that sensitive and private health information.

Currently, there are no federal laws that prevent developers from sharing personal health data with third parties.
Unfortunately, there is a loophole in these guidelines as they only apply to apps that are promoted for medical purposes, such as the diagnosis, cure, treatment or prevention of a disease. Without a secure privacy policy or protection from HIPAA, users' health information obtained via these trackers could be sold to insurers, mortgage lenders, or employers.

Schumer today called on the FTC to help fitness devices and app companies adopt new privacy measures.

Honestly that was just stupid on that persons part for even taking a cell phone with them to begin with lol! People should not kill other people though. Honestly if someone is being that dumb to you or making you that mad you should never be around them, and the girl is never worth killing someone over. Why can't a girl have her own choice? SO just because an ex gets mad at something that girl is supposed to live her whole life byw hat the ex wants? its very opressive, if you are someones ex you have no say in anything, especially vice versa too.

[freedomno1]

Wow every once in a while a politician actually proposes something that makes sense. There should at minimum be an opt out on these devices that track so much personal data.

Oh an dif you are hiding a body don't take your cell phone along. 

I thought it was an interesting contrast people asking phones where to hide dead bodies after going out with a friend to get a Kayne CD lol.
Then the fitness app that tracks your exercise data when your burying said body.

But your right that bill makes sense don't think everyone should auto opt in without having a choice to reject it, especially when it could cost them more because of the insurance companies using that information against them by pre screening them then saying its public information your sharing and screwing the end user.

[Fray]

Privacy concerns aside, it is important to note that there is other evidence that this person did commit murder. These privacy violations are really just "icing on the cake" in terms of evidence against this person.