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Yes, The FBI Is Tracking American Google Searches
Michele Catalano, a writer for Forbes, Boing Boing, and other publications, received a friendly visit from the FBI at her home today, which according to her Twitter profile is in Long Island, NY.
Pro tip: don't do a search for pressure cookers right after your spouse does a search for backpacks if you don't want the FBI at your door.
Michele Catalano (@inthefade) July 31, 2013
Maybe she's only one hop away from the neighbor of the cousin of Osama bin Laden's third wife, but she doesn't seem like a terrorist.
In case we needed more proof that the U.S. government is in fact reading the contents of American's online activity, this should do it. That is, unless we refuse to believe it until the FBI makes a personal visit to each of our abodes. In which case, now we know which search terms tend to attract their interest.
http://whitenoise.gizmodo.com/yes-the-fbi-is-tracking-americans-google-searches-981986667?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)maybe, just maybe, this will stop this intrusion into law-abiding citizens rights'.
MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)FBI to show up at our doors?
TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)Bail money? A fabulous vay-cay to a Russian Airport Terminal? Solitary confinement?
MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)Asshats.
Kablooie
(18,571 posts)Is an alternative search engine that doesn't log your searches.
RC
(25,592 posts)You don't want to take a chance for free room and sometimes board for the next 30 years?