Thursday, January 19, 2006

Google shows backbone, refuses to comply with feds' fishing expedition

In an astonishing case of a corporation showing some backbone, Google is refusing to comply with a federal subpoena of its search engine logs by feds who want to know what Google users -- that's everybody -- are searching for.

I'll let you read that story for yourself, but check out this tool (Courtesy BoingBoing) that anonymizes your Google cookie.

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3 comments:

Myfanwy Collins said...

Hey! This is unexpected. Good for them (and the rest of us). Thanks for the link to the anonymizer. Scary world we live in.

he who is known as sefton said...

In the beginning, I decided to join the campaign to impeach your "smirking chimp", my "dum'ass botch". As evidence for that, you'll soon be invited to click on a hyperlink.

Before doing so, however, I would like you to read through the rest of this text. In case, you'd like to know, the U.R.L for your blog, specifically, "Too Beautiful", is found at the third hyperlink on the list below ... ah, please remember, no clicking until AFTER reading the entire text.

Perusing your blog, I believe I arrived at what is a reasonable inference. That is, both you and your readers would welcome news that indicates the campaign to impeach the president is increasing in both vigor and breadth. Ah, you'll find that evidence by clicking on the second enclosed hyperlink.

As for my plan for capturing Osama, you'll find it by clicking on the first listed hyperlink:

http://hewhoisknownassefton.blogspot.com/2006/01/osama-and-our-president-dumass-botch_20.html

http://hewhoisknownassefton.blogspot.com/2006/01/danger-senator-specter-danger.html

http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/states-writes.htm#CA

toodles
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.he who is known as sefton

oh, yes, surely, you've heard about the government "requesting" certain records about internet activity. oh, br'dah! Cynical and skeptical me, I'm smelling a rat in all that.

Mark Pritchard said...

WTF??