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Re: Bush wants google search records

[Re: Learyfan]
#5205918 - 01/21/06 11:21 AM (20 years, 9 months ago)

That's not what they're trying to do. (My mention of kiddie porn was a direct response to someone who was concerned that there could be no legitimate reason to search "kiddie porn"). What they are trying to ascertain is whether software filters are effective in preventing minors from viewing porn. I don't know how this info helps that either but they are trying to make an argument to reinstate a law struck down on the grounds that there were less intrusive methods (filters) to achieve a legitimate goal (stopping minors from viewing porn). The original law required some kind of registry to somehow prove adult status. They want this data to show the court that the filters are ineffective, which everybody here knows is true anyway.

I don't really care one way or the other about the law, don't think they will gain any personal information on anyone from this research, and note that the other search engines are complying. I think Google is grandstanding here and is probably more interested in avoiding the effort to comply and is afraid of giving up some secrets of their own

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=arCWSKEPoJaE&refer=top_world_news

" Yahoo

Mary Osako, a spokeswoman for Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo! Inc., said the company complied with the government inquiry on a ``limited basis,'' and didn't give the U.S. ``any personally identifiable information.''

``We are rigorous defenders of our users' privacy,'' Osako said. ``We did not provide any personal information in response to the Department of Justice's subpoena. In our opinion this is not a privacy issue.'' "

Overwrought handwringing, I think.

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