Feds Seek Google Records in Porn Probe-AP

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Bush administration, seeking to revive an online pornography law struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, has subpoenaed Google Inc. for details on what its users have been looking for through its popular search engine.

Hat tip to: Muncie Carl. Semper Fi

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DON'T start using Yahoo!!

The MSNBC article on this, in paragraph five reads:

Yahoo Inc., which runs the Internet’s second-most used search engine behind Google, confirmed Thursday that it had complied with a similar government subpoena.

At least Google is fighting it.

In fact, in this edition of the story (which omits the paragraph about Yahoo), we find:

Google — whose motto when it went public in 2004 was "do no evil" — contends that submitting to the subpoena would represent a betrayal to its users, even if all personal information is stripped from the search terms sought by the government.

"Google‘s acceding to the request would suggest that it is willing to reveal information about those who use its services. This is not a perception that Google can accept," company attorney Ashok Ramani wrote in a letter included in the government‘s filing.

I find this attitude to be much more comforting than Yahoo's snivelling little knuckle-under in which they traded their customer's personal data for 'protection' from the big bad government.

So, DO use Google. And WHATEVER you do, NEVER use Yahoo, they've already agreed to hand your search queries over to Bushco.

---- With deep thanks to: Eli Blake Homepage (from comments here)