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Re:Google keyword warrants give U.S. government data on sear... by BobbyJo on Monday October 04, 2021 @04:40PM (#28751799)
Also, on a technical level, let's not equate a government apparatus that both controls and records anything and everything you do online, with a government asking a private company to identify people who searched the name of a girl who was murdered.
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Re:Google keyword warrants give U.S. government data on sear... by somebodythere on Monday October 04, 2021 @11:00PM (#28755039)
The China surveillance apparatus is based on compulsion of private companies. Where are you drawing the distinction?
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Re:Google keyword warrants give U.S. government data on sear... by BobbyJo on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @07:45AM (#28758082)
I believe it's in degree. The great firewall, a massive centrally controlled effort, vs random judges with asking for narrow data related to specific events.

Cops can search your car if they have a reason to believe you've committed a crime, but if they just start rifling through every car in a public lot someone is getting sued.

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