google canada eh?

[wedi42]

would using google.ca instead of google.com be a good way not to have to worry about the US govt subpoena BS
not that i'm seaching for kiddy porn, i just think the US govt is going way to far here.

 

[Sphexi]

Or, you could've just read what the gov't wants from Google, and not assume like an idiot.

 

[wedi42]

The Bush Administration has asked a federal judge to order the world?s most popular internet search engine to hand over the records of all Google searches for any one-week period

from http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2000551,00.html

did i miss something Sphexi, or is it just that time of the month?

 

[Sphexi]

First, your link doesn't work.

Secondly, the government simply wants a cross-section of search topics, to help prove a theory of theirs. They want NO info on individuals doing those searches, they don't want to monitor searches in an on-going fashion, they simply want a one-time look at random searches, and where those searches lead to. It's a reasonable request, but one that should be optional for Google to respond to.

 

[DigDug]

Reasonable?

Corporations should just hand over such things so the government can "prove a theory of theirs"? Why are you so quick to pull your pants down for anal probing?

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: DigDug
Reasonable?

Corporations should just hand over such things so the government can "prove a theory of theirs"? Why are you so quick to pull your pants down for anal probing?

How am I being the one probed here? The government is trying to prove that search engines like Google are being used by porn sites to direct traffic to their sites that should be going to legit, more child-friendly sites. Looking at Google's search patterns, and the sites that are brought up by those searches will help prove one way, or the other, that their theory is correct.

Like I said, it's a reasonable request, but it should only be a request, not a demand. I have no problem with the government going to Google to get this information, I do have a problem with them trying to force Google to give it up. If they have a concern over how the search engine works, then they should be working with Google to fix it, not against them.

 

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: Sphexi

Originally posted by: DigDug
Reasonable?

Corporations should just hand over such things so the government can "prove a theory of theirs"? Why are you so quick to pull your pants down for anal probing?

How am I being the one probed here? The government is trying to prove that search engines like Google are being used by porn sites to direct traffic to their sites that should be going to legit, more child-friendly sites. Looking at Google's search patterns, and the sites that are brought up by those searches will help prove one way, or the other, that their theory is correct.

Like I said, it's a reasonable request, but it should only be a request, not a demand. I have no problem with the government going to Google to get this information, I do have a problem with them trying to force Google to give it up. If they have a concern over how the search engine works, then they should be working with Google to fix it, not against them.

baby steps..baby steps..

"We will lose one freedom at a time, in a way that no one will notice, until we all blindly follow the power that guides our will"

 

[wedi42]

so can anyone answer my initial question?
will searches at google.ca be subject to the subpeona?

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: johngute
so can anyone answer my initial question?
will searches at google.ca be subject to the subpeona?

No, it doesn't matter what google.whatever you use, as long as you are located in America and Google gets its ass handed to it in court, the US governement WILL be able to see what YOU searched for.

Clear enough?

 

[meltdown75]

or (get ready for this)...

you could use another search engine.

*gasp* :Q

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
or (get ready for this)...

you could use another search engine.

*gasp* :Q

yeah, use a search engine that already gave up their information without a fight.

 

[SaturnX]

It's funny I can't even use google.com even if I tried it redirects based on my IP, and since i"m in Canada I'll get forwarded to .ca every time.

--Mark

 

[intogamer]

should I americano switch to google.ca?

 

[mrSHEiK124]

google.co.uk FTW!


<-- Not a Brit