Feds want to know what your searching for...

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » January 20, 2006, 11:09 am

http://googlewatch.eweek.com/blogs/goog ... /4769.aspx

Internet search giant Google Inc. confirmed Thursday it's fighting a Bush administration request to review Google customers' search habits.The administration, via the U.S. Department of Justice, has asked Google for several days' worth of activity at Google's main search site.

Go Google!

noel · Post by **noel** » January 20, 2006, 12:53 pm

Fantastic. I'm sure Midnyte will be supporting this move, but for the rest of us, where has our privacy gone? I'm just waiting for the day where our government will repeal the 4th amendment.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » January 20, 2006, 1:25 pm

Note to self:
No more "lolita underage scat vomit japanese fetish" searches...

noel · Post by **noel** » January 20, 2006, 1:26 pm

Fixed it for you:

masteen wrote:Note to self:
No more "Jenna Bush lolita underage scat vomit japanese fetish" searches...

Post by **Sylvus** » January 20, 2006, 1:36 pm

Oh great, now Noel is going to make the Administration subpoena our records...

masteen · Post by **masteen** » January 20, 2006, 1:39 pm

Wouldn't it be more like...
"Jenna Bush underage heavy chubby fat fetish"?

Siji · Post by **Siji** » January 20, 2006, 2:04 pm

Unless Google is tracking user information per search, I guess I don't see the big deal of saying there were 5 billion pr0n searches made in two days.

The emphasis should be on proving how useless such statistics really are and how they really don't validate anything.

Aruman · Post by **Aruman** » January 20, 2006, 2:16 pm

Animalor wrote:http://googlewatch.eweek.com/blogs/goog ... /4769.aspx

Internet search giant Google Inc. confirmed Thursday it's fighting a Bush administration request to review Google customers' search habits.The administration, via the U.S. Department of Justice, has asked Google for several days' worth of activity at Google's main search site.
Go Google!

Well, in all fairness, when this is taken in context, I don't see the problem.

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » January 20, 2006, 4:39 pm

#!/bin/sh

while [1]
do
wget http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q ... arch&meta=
done

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 20, 2006, 4:46 pm

KILO PLUTONIUM NUCLEAR BOMB GERBIL ANTHRAX

As long as they don't track my newsgroup downloads, all is well!

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » January 22, 2006, 12:01 am

Aruman wrote:
Animalor wrote:http://googlewatch.eweek.com/blogs/goog ... /4769.aspx

Internet search giant Google Inc. confirmed Thursday it's fighting a Bush administration request to review Google customers' search habits.The administration, via the U.S. Department of Justice, has asked Google for several days' worth of activity at Google's main search site.
Go Google!
Well, in all fairness, when this is taken in context, I don't see the problem.

you don't seem to see a lot of things that are problematic

Siji · Post by **Siji** » January 22, 2006, 11:10 am

Chidoro wrote:
Aruman wrote:Well, in all fairness, when this is taken in context, I don't see the problem.
you don't seem to see a lot of things that are problematic

Since I don't see what the big deal is either, as long as it's anonymous search statistics, how about explaining it?

"Mr FBI dude, there were 50 million pr0n searches in those two days."

And?

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » January 22, 2006, 11:47 am

dude posting on this thread is pretty much like begging for an untraceable NSA cookie

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » January 22, 2006, 11:48 am

FUCK!

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » January 22, 2006, 12:14 pm

Really the problem is not the searches in and of themselves, especially sinc the DOJ is only asking for the search text, not having it relate to the IP address of who did the searching. AOL, MSN, and Yahoo all rolled over and gave up the data, but in their defense, they are not that smart corporately and wityhout the IP info it is not a direct threat to privacy.

But I think Google is right in fighting it for four reasons

1. They realize that the IP address request is next, and they want to nip it in the bud.
2. Add in the fact that the data is to support a flawed law that was already struck down, and that it really has no relevance to correcting the problem (which is keeping kids from seeing porn online) which is really the parents fault they do, and hell, with no computers they will still find copies of playboy)
3. Google wants to be careful to maintain its position on the good side of the downside of the internet because they are thje only target bigger than MS for somone trying to be technologically destructive, i.e. Virii, Worms, trojans, DOS attacks etc.
4. Last but not least Google had a share price in the 440's and since they refused their share price has dropped 8% and is nearing something closer to reality as such.

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » January 22, 2006, 1:33 pm

Voronwë wrote:FUCK!

Hahaha they got you!

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » January 22, 2006, 1:34 pm

Arborealus wrote:
Voronwë wrote:FUCK!
Hahaha they got you!

You so baited me!

Siji · Post by **Siji** » January 22, 2006, 8:00 pm

Arborealus wrote:
Arborealus wrote:
Voronwë wrote:FUCK!
Hahaha they got you!
You so baited me!

He's the master baiter after all..

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