Why does this take your trust in google down? Google's not divulging any information, they're just supplying software. By your logic, any companies that provide goods and services to the government should not be trusted. Did you use a bic pen today? How about a computer? Have you ever drunk bottled water? (I think the folks at CIA drink bottled water too). Or maybe you didn't read the article?
Somehow I don't think this works. Usually terrorists and extremists are not very open minded, I doubt that they surf the net often and use search engines less because using search engines expose them to new ideas and would make them question their own ideas and orders. So my conclusion is that they will not use google or any other search engines enough to justify the cost of building a tracking system.
Here is an example of people losing their civil liberties: "The Dutch prosecutor’s office is preparing to take legal action against the maker of an ‘anti-Koran’ film in an attempt to ease tensions over the film’s release, the Dutch foreign minister said on Monday…Although moderate Islamic groups have said the film is “nothing new” and have made appeals for Muslims to “react calmly and within the law,” the prospect of a backlash in the Islamic world remains a distinct possibility."See folks when a govt does something like the above to not offend any group and take away freedom of speech...this is scary. Unfortuanetly this might happen here.......because of cowards on the left!
tfirma2000Mar 31, 2008
Why does this take your trust in google down? Google's not divulging any information, they're just supplying software. By your logic, any companies that provide goods and services to the government should not be trusted. Did you use a bic pen today? How about a computer? Have you ever drunk bottled water? (I think the folks at CIA drink bottled water too). Or maybe you didn't read the article?
fuzzmeisterMar 31, 2008
Care to back that up with some facts, or would that ruin your delusional fun?
mal1964Mar 31, 2008
Cool now I change the title, Its really Yahoo not Google.
rxbudianMar 31, 2008
Somehow I don't think this works. Usually terrorists and extremists are not very open minded, I doubt that they surf the net often and use search engines less because using search engines expose them to new ideas and would make them question their own ideas and orders. So my conclusion is that they will not use google or any other search engines enough to justify the cost of building a tracking system.
Closed AccountMar 31, 2008
Here is an example of people losing their civil liberties: "The Dutch prosecutor’s office is preparing to take legal action against the maker of an ‘anti-Koran’ film in an attempt to ease tensions over the film’s release, the Dutch foreign minister said on Monday…Although moderate Islamic groups have said the film is “nothing new” and have made appeals for Muslims to “react calmly and within the law,” the prospect of a backlash in the Islamic world remains a distinct possibility."See folks when a govt does something like the above to not offend any group and take away freedom of speech...this is scary. Unfortuanetly this might happen here.......because of cowards on the left!
mal1964Mar 31, 2008
BURY ME!
phazon88Apr 1, 2008
f**k Google.
crazedleperApr 2, 2008
oh, yeah. I suppose it is. It was intended as kind of an extension of the thought of helping the US Gov't.