when you don't log out of gmail, your google search history is logged under your identity. same with yahoo, who did hand over data i think.
this seems to be another instance of the gov't wanting something significant based on odd justifications (oregon euthanasia, unwarranted spying, iraq invasion). is obtaining google's search logs the best way to find out if porn turns up in searches? why can't they search themselves? (and who cares, anyway?) it would be nice to have some forward-thinking people in the gov't instead of those who want to investigate issues dealt with in the mid 90s. or maybe a libertarian...these guys have give right-wing extremists a bad name.
i can see the headlines now. "web searches find porn, says gov't. also, man in georgia really likes model airplane schematics (and reading about cars)"
what a waste.
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