Re:Feds order Google to track people searching certain names...
by sterlind on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:09AM
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I'm pretty sure I've searched those terms myself, looking up how high and low explosives are used as detonation lenses in atomic bombs.
I also looked up whether PLA can be made conductive and if it shows up normally in x-rays, to determine if I could legally 3D print the lower receiver for a handgun in my state.
...come to think of it, I wouldn't be surprised if I tripped some queries, and they just realized I'm an insatiably curious but harmless nerd and left me be.
Re:Feds order Google to track people searching certain names...
by Consultant32452 on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @08:16AM
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Yes, once the very unique search phrase becomes public and lots of random people are searching it, I suspect the court would be less likely to allow such a warrant.
Though some of those bomb searches could easily be made by anyone curious about past bombing incidents. I've certainly had some curiousity-based searches about how the Unibomber did his work.
How do we end up defining naturally? That's a question the court would ask, and want to be able to provide a litmus test for going forward. I'm not sure how we do that here... Statistical probability at some specific threshold? It's a difficult question.