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Google as a private corporation should not be collecting evidence for the police before a crime as occurred. Spying and surveillance of the general public shoul
by ksk 6y ago
Google as a private corporation should not be collecting evidence for the police before a crime as occurred. Spying and surveillance of the general public should never be accepted as the norm.
- behringer 6y agoBut they do and we all know they do... By default we can see our own search history.
- tpxl 6y agoYou seeing your own search history does not imply google is able to see your search history. Especially if you don't use their browser.
- behringer 6y agoI highly doubt the police could have traced this back to the criminal if he wasn't logged in and didn't use his normal IP, for example, if he had used in private browsing on a VPN it would have taken someone like the NSA to track him down.
- eneveu 6y agoI wonder what would happen if he searched those keywords in incognito mode. Google probably could link the incognito session with the real user session. But would it turn up in a search warrant ? In this case, they used the IP address, so I guess incognito wouldn't help.
- ksk 6y agoRight, I'm suggesting that we generate push back as much as possible. One way to do that is to make future Google employees hesitate about supporting their unethical anti-privacy practices. Nerds have to stop giving Google a free pass.