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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.
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[–] 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.
[–] cyks 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Inquire google about the victim because the criminal certainly inquired google about the victim. Makes sense. Nothing can go wrong.
[–] djsumdog 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying the article title is misleading.
[–] tame ago
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.