This lawsuit seems like a long shot, thanks to America’s very expansive liability protections for police. But a Colorado woman is suing a detective for launching a SWAT raid based on the imprecise guidance of Apple’s Find My app, raising some interesting questions about law enforcement relying on tech tools:
The lawsuit included a screenshot of the Find My app linking Mr. McDaniel’s phone to one home, but the radius included parts of other homes and of two streets spread over sections of four blocks.
“The screenshot offered no basis to believe McDaniel’s iPhone was likely to be inside Ms. Johnson’s house, rather than on any of several neighbors’ properties or discarded on a nearby street by a passing driver,” the lawsuit said.
[The New York Times]
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