[–] VillaLopez 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
All this is telling me is that a smart person would use a public internet access point and not do this from home.
[–] djsumdog 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
This was posted in Hackernews a week ago. So the title is very misleading. The police are not asking for all the results of every search from the city. They're asking for all the searches for a specific person, from IP addresses geographically located in and around the city, along with tons of insane information Google probably doesn't have. They're requesting it to help solve an identity theft case that cost a man thousands of dollars.
Just from the description there, it sounds no different to "this credit card has been compromised, where else was it used?"
If the guy lives in city A and they're asking about searches from his logged-in accounts originating from IPs in city B, then that sounds like a good way to narrow down where the culprit might be. There's a fair chance it's happening with the consent of the guy whose data's being requested, too, which changes the situation considerably.
[–] greenfascist ago
I think the short term solution until there is a distributed internet rather than a point to point is things like piratebox.cc loaded up with information that improves people.
for instance I am loading one up to hide in public that contains 20 gigs of khan academy.
[–] greenfascist ago
right now your computer has an ip address and it accesses another computer that has an ip address. there is a record of this contact when you make it. your internet service provider knows, and so does the server on the far side. Even if you are using encryption.
so when you connect to voat, your ISP and voat know bare minumum.
I raw dog it (dont hide my ip using a VPN) on voat and the chans from time to time. hence I am probably on a list because the government definitely knows which websites I have been to.
piratebox.cc is a way to configure a computer offline to act like a wifi access point. instead of connecting to the internet, the server hosts local content. many users can connect to the access point (just like your router at home connects to a lot of devices). these local users can interact and share messages and files.
I am going to preload one of these things and hide it in a public place. Preferably somewhere where poor people who dont want to max out their data plans on their phone are likely to frequent.
then i will label the access point name as "free connection" or something.
when they connect it force guides them to the page to share messages and files, but does not connect them to the internet.
This way, if I host material on the box (or users upload material) it can be shared without the government, google, the police, or anyone knowing about it.
the server keeps no logs and no usernames are used it's all anonymous.
I could see how people might upload subversive stuff on it. I don't care.
I am going to preload it with content that will help people and isn't (((Hollywood))) celebrity gossip. or (((porn))).
[–] WakkoWarner 1 point 10 points 11 points (+11|-1) ago
It is really amazing how many stupids are in position to take very dangerous decisions like this one. Who is the stupid judge/court members that agreed with this? Did he go to a special school for handicapped persons? Who is responsible to have given him/her such power? Weren't there checks in place to avoid a stupid like this one to get so much power?
[–] 8Hz_WAN_IP 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago (edited ago)
I believe this is the retard in question
[–] aileron_ron 2 points 1 point 3 points (+3|-2) ago
And yet the CIA and NAS said they never spy on Americans. Oh and did not spy on Trupm.
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[–] anonnynonny 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Searx is an open-source search engine. searx.me is one implementation of it.
Depending on your level of paranoia, trusting an individual implementation of searx may not be acceptible, but that inherent trust is applicable to ANY server-hosted service.
IMO Searx is the closest thing we have to a "working, anonymous substitution" at this point in time.
[–] greyhunter4 ago
Anyone remember when aol searches got leaked and there was a woman searching for hitmen and ways to kill her husband? As much of a privacy invasion it is a lot of bad shit could be found if it was open to everyone. Need autist investigators, not big gov. I bet it would do wonders for pizzagate.