You probably heard about this by now but the Google subpoena is a real bitch. So the government wants to invade the privacy of every American, and I’m pretty sure non-Americans such as myself as well by getting search query information concerning kiddy porn. I can’t say I don’t like them fighting that smut though, but they are violating “our” civil rights in the process as well, and that’s a no-no in my book.
Google seems to be the only one that didn’t fold (here’s a big FU to MSN and Yahoo btw, who did turn over the requested data) I’d say they are definitely sticking by their “don’t be evil” motto.
One thing did hit me though when I read about all this stuff. Google has a awful lot of information on all of us using their services. Through your google account they can track your recent web queries, your email traffic, your blogging activity…
I didn’t have a problem with that before, because I trust Google for some reason. Problem is, if they are forced to hand over the data by the government… that trust in Google isn’t worth a damn anymore is it.
I bet a lot of people will be started to look into anonymisers and stuff like that before they start surfing for their dose of explicit nudity in the future…