To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google

Re:To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google by pkilgore on Sunday March 18, 2018 @05:19PM (#16614409)

> How long until these records are available for subpoena, e.g. in a divorce case?

I see nothing preventing this information being sought in U.S. discovery right now--at least in Federal litigation[0]. That isn't to say that the subpoena won't be squashed by a court for one of the traditional rationales under FRCP 26(b).[1]

>When are police going to start sweeping such data up en masse, looking for e.g. parole violations?

Arguably runs afoul of the particularity requirement of the fourth amendment, although I do not pretend to be an expert on criminal law. That said, I understand the fourth amendment to be a low bar these days.

> When will every "free association" be a tracked association?

Rhetorical question?

[0] Your specific example, divorces, are state law in the US. I don't do that, and the relevant laws / cases can change on a state-by-state basis.

[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_26

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Re:To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google by pasbesoin on Monday March 19, 2018 @01:18AM (#16616312)

Thanks for the response.

Yes, the last part could be considered rhetorical. Except, I think that is the very real direction some -- including especially some already in authority, in the U.S. as well as around the world -- want to take things.

On the other hand, maybe my question is rhetorical, in that the tracking is already in place.

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Re:To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google by pasbesoin on Monday March 19, 2018 @01:57PM (#16621037)

P.S. I don't know why, from the lightness of your text now, you apparently got downvotes. I gave you an upvote, when I responded.

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