Google Ordered to Identify Who Watched Certain YouTube Videos

Re:Google Ordered to Identify Who Watched Certain YouTube Vi... by Animats on Friday March 22, 2024 @11:57PM (#39797324)

"In conversations with the user in early January, undercover agents sent links of YouTube tutorials for mapping via drones and augmented reality software, then asked Google for information on who had viewed the videos, which collectively have been watched over 30,000 times."

Huh? Why? Is this because some country doesn't like people having good mapping technology? Israel and China object to precision mapping, but the US historically has not.

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Re:Google Ordered to Identify Who Watched Certain YouTube Vi... by templeosenjoyer on Saturday March 23, 2024 @07:55AM (#39799245)

It was likely a fake mutual interest and they hoped "elonmuskwhm" would watch the videos so they could gather some data about them. That's how I interpreted it anyway.

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