Meta Blog Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Originally posted by David from Truth, Justice, and the American Way The Justice Department is suing Google after it refused to turn over “all Google queries for a week and for 1 million Internet addresses.” No warrant or reasonable cause was needed – this is for the state’s “research” needs. MSN, Yahoo, and AOL already capitulated without a fight. If there was ever a cause for a fight over due process, it’s this, not the anti-terrorism BS. Btw, Google permanently records all my search queries as part of my Google account, which includes a year of Gmail emails, my address book, and credit card info for my ad accounts. To hell with phone calls and letters – if there are any secrets about me, my Google accounts hold them. If this is up for grabs without a warrant, what isn’t? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 There's an update to this story here (link). Mainly, two new facts: the government request was not for data that could be traced back to individual users; more like a research request that could answer: how much porn shows up when someone searches Google while Google refused, AOL and MSN gave the government what it asked for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterrose Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I don't know Google's rationale, but I'm glad they stood up to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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