A burglar used a Waymo to steal yoga clothes in San Francisco — and got away with it
Key takeaways
- A burglar used a Waymo while stealing yoga clothes in San Francisco this past January, and police have still not caught them.
- That may sound counterintuitive given the widespread concern that Waymo vehicles and other robotaxis are rolling surveillance machines.
- While Waymo does capture and store ride footage, it s not known how long that data is stored.
A burglar used a Waymo while stealing yoga clothes in San Francisco this past January, and police have still not caught them.
That may sound counterintuitive given the widespread concern that Waymo vehicles and other robotaxis are rolling surveillance machines. But this curious case, reported by the San Francisco Chronicle on Thursday, sheds some new light on how Waymo handles the footage captured by its cars.
While Waymo does capture and store ride footage, it s not known how long that data is stored. What is sure, according to the report, is that it was gone by the time the search warrant was filed in April. Even more interesting is the detail that police were not able to identify the burglar through exterior camera footage because it had been blurred for privacy reasons.