by Chris Black
The U.S. government is reportedly secretly issuing warrants for Google to provide user data on anyone typing in certain search terms, raising fears that innocent online users could get caught up in serious crime investigations at a greater frequency than previously thought.
In an attempt to track down criminals, federal investigators have started using new “keyword warrants” and used them to ask Google to provide them information on anyone who searched a victim’s name or their address during a particular year, an accidentally unsealed court document that Forbes found shows.
By the way, YouTube and Android OS are also Google products.
Welcome to the world of “keyword warrants.”t.co/PWB6pIhoui
— Bronze Age Media Retiree (@raysawhill) October 6, 2021
news.yahoo.com/government-secretly-orders-google-track-151000879.html