While search history is traditionally obtained via a warrant put out on a single likely suspect, a recent court case shows that this isn’t the only way to go about digging up dirt. A court filing unsealed last week shows that authorities in Florida sent a request to Google for information on all users who had searched for a specific address close in time to when an arson occurred. Google cooperated, sending investigators the IP addresses of everyone who had searched for those keywords around the time of the crime.
There are worries that innocent people’s online history could be included in these requests just because they searched for the wrong thing at the wrong time.
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