Not long after Dobbs, someone posted a guide on r/WitchesVsPatriarchy on how to securely fund this information without opening yourself up to potential harm. Terrifying that that’s even a thing that needs to exist.
Comment on Google forced to reveal users' search histories in Colorado court ruling
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That headline misses the big problem. It’s not that Google was forced to give up search history data. If Google gets a warrant, they will comply. The real problem is that the justices acknowledged that the warrant was unconstitutional and permitted the evidence anyway. They claim the police “acted in good faith” while violating the constitution, which is a horrifying precedent.
If you’re thinking “alls well that ends well,” because they caught the arsonists who murdered a family of five, I can sympathize with that feeling, but consider that the murderer may have his conviction overturned on subsequent appeals.
The police obtained a warrant for everyone who searched for a thing from Google, and the search information was used against the accused in court. 14 states currently outlaw abortion, and there’s some cousin-fucking conservative prosecutor in Dipshit, Alabama, just salivating over the prospect of obtaining the IP addresses of every person looking up directions to clinics.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
rosymind@leminal.space 1 year ago
Lemmy needs a witches vs patriarchy- or is there one already? Im too lazy to check rn
derin@lemmy.beru.co 1 year ago
Cool, I’m too lazy to answer!
rosymind@leminal.space 1 year ago
Damn. Guess I’ll just have to live in ignorance. (Clearly there’s no other choice)
Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wonder how many companies like Cambridge analytica or TPUSA just have access to these. It wouldn’t surprise me if there’s some social engineering dark arts underground of pretending to be police and getting this data to study
Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
This is in fact a thing
cyberhoot.com/…/fake-emergency-search-warrants-be…