Posted on 10/08/2021 1:28:50 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Federal investigators have reportedly been trying to solve crimes by using warrants to force Google to search its databases for anyone in the public who’s ever used its search engine to look up certain information on the victim.
For instance, to try and determine who’d kidnapped and sexually assaulted an underage girl in 2019, federal investigators in Wisconsin used a warrant to force Google to list the names of anyone who’d “searched for the victim’s name, two spellings of her mother’s name and her address over 16 days across the year,” according to Forbes.
This sort of warrant is known as a “keyword warrant.” This stunning use of power was recently uncovered by Forbes through an “accidental unsealed court document.”
“The warrant only came to light because it was accidentally unsealed by the Justice Department in September,” according to Forbes.
(Excerpt) Read more at bizpacreview.com ...
OK, everybody, quick!
Go search for “warrants” on google!
“Goolag: Be Evil!”
I’m pretty torn on this.
Part of me thinks this could be a useful investigative tool for detectives to solve crimes.
Another part of me has seen how corrupt things have gotten lately, and in particular, I worry that keyword warrants will be used to target people with specific stances or interests in various political and social topics.
Count on it.
Google,Facebook and all the others are under the thumb of the FBI, IRS and other alphabet agencies. The threat is basically continual deep investigation which their operations could not stand and/or the loss of their Chinese markets.
so thought crimes are now going to be prosecutable?
If you show an interest in how IEDs are made you will be subjected to investigation and possible prosecution (only if you are a conservative).
Amen
Government = Google = Gulag
Solution = DuckDuckGo.com
They can get a warrant for them also.
I only searched Kate Upton & the Cat Daddy dance because I thought she was a cat fancier, honest.
I gather you both misunderstood the title and did not read the paragraphs thereunder. That’s okay. I do it all the time.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Fester+Chugabrew+Chester+Fhugabrew+Chuga+Festerbrew
I hope you don’t turn up missing...
I agree. You know it will be abused!
Sort of like a cat. It wiggles all over.
Ya know the pony express looks better every day
“ They can get a warrant for them also.”
**************************************
True dat. But I’m not sure DuckDuckGo retains the the tracking metadata. Since they don’t “monetize” it, there’s really no reason for them to retain it.
What if you’re a poor speller and a crappy typist?
Off to jail for a typographic error!
And I thought the Spelling and Grammar Police were bad?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.