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Re:Police ask for whole city's Google searches, and a judge ... by seanmcdirmid on Thursday March 16, 2017 @01:04PM (#13886696)
Not even, the correct analogy would be to view all the CCTV cameras in the city, no matter who owned them, on that day to see who was wearing a particular shade of grey hoody.
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Re:Police ask for whole city's Google searches, and a judge ... by dagenleg on Thursday March 16, 2017 @01:06PM (#13886730)
Sure, if you admit that every closet in the city has a CCTV camera, you analogy is perfectly valid.
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Re:Police ask for whole city's Google searches, and a judge ... by mulmen on Thursday March 16, 2017 @01:16PM (#13886819)
Why would the cameras have to be in closets? If the hoodie is in your closet then you aren't wearing it so it means nothing. If you are seen wearing the same clothes as a suspect in a crime in a nearby location at the same time then I think that's a reasonable way to narrow down a list of suspects.
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Re:Police ask for whole city's Google searches, and a judge ... by hackuser on Thursday March 16, 2017 @01:27PM (#13886929)
The point is, the Google search is done in the privacy of your own home.
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Re:Police ask for whole city's Google searches, and a judge ... by mulmen on Thursday March 16, 2017 @01:34PM (#13886995)
Are phone calls not also done in the safety of your own home? Can police request call records? Google does not exist inside your house, neither does the internet. No reasonable person could believe that they do.
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