Comments on: Government requests search engine records: Google says no

By: mojo777

mojo777 — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 23:25:37 +0000

The way I see it, We screwed are selves. There is no such thing as a free lunch and if we accept all of these things form google and who ever, things like gmail, google desktop search, what do you expect.

Also what do you search that you are so afraid that someone will find out? What are you so scared of? I mean I am not personally afraid of my search results being known. I would like to keep it that way.

But… On the other hand it is scary the way things are changing and that any information would be asked of. But the end is comming so whatever…

As far as my feelings go concerning Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL for giving out the information I am not concerned because all the information was safe and I don’t think that there should be such a big fuss until personal information is required.

By: andrew

andrew — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:08:44 +0000

google agreed to filter it’s searches in china because they needed to be able to compete on a global scale….think about it, china has the largest population of the world, and is the fastest growing. now im not saying that this was right of them, but just put yourself in their shoes and understand how this is from a business point of view. now, look at the situation with the u.s. gov’t. the chinese gov’t doesnt exactly stand for freedom of speech haha, but the u.s. gov’t is ’supposed to’ so google obviousley is preventing the u.s. govt from gaining too much power while they understand that the chinese governemnt is beyond the people really having much power at all.

By: 34u Contacts

34u Contacts — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:38:10 +0000

Any update on this?

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:24:02 +0000

Google says no to the gov’t for the sake of privacy and rights.

But aggrees to filter freedom, religion, and human rights websites in China for that Gov’t?

And Harith Says- “And once againg, Google demonstrates high moral responsibility and that its the best..better than all the rest.”

High moral responsibility? Give me a break.

Or did I completely misinterpret this news with Google China?

By: HaHa

HaHa — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:30:49 +0000

I’ll take it back about http://www.schoolpage.com being banned.
Although Google shows no information on the site it has this page http://www.theschoolpage.com/bigdick.html no#3 for its kws

By: HaHa

HaHa — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:59:20 +0000

Matt, its nice that schoolpage and amishcook have been finally banned , but what about the rest of them?
These guys call themselvs online marketing biz and it seems they are getting tipped off about the spam reports or of course reading this blog.They may have changed their links on the sites and am now placing googles adsense on them but one look at google’s Cache and you will see their scam.
If you really are the spammers foe, move quick on this spam when its reported and it may discourage their further endevours.I just fail to see the reluctance on dealing with them.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:05:04 +0000

Sounds possibly like the early stages of an attempt to ban porn on the web. Hmmm did somebody get a call from Jerry Falwell? Googlebot, what sayeth you on the subject?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=moron

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=idiot

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=privacy

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=why+ban+porn

By: HaHa

HaHa — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 05:15:38 +0000

“dude what are you talking about? I don’t see porn on any of those websites you listed.”

Have a look dude.the domains seem mainstream http://www.amishcook.com and have google pr but have a stack of links going to porn at the bottom.So kids following a link from a harmless website to what they think is a site about amish cook or perhaps they search google for amish cook http://www.google.com/search?hs=UNt&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&safe=off&c2coff=1&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&q=amish+cook&btnG=Search
and then see more links at the bottom of that page that take them to porn.And if you don’t think this sort of linking in google works look up big tits in google http://www.google.com/search?hs=A3D&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&safe=off&c2coff=1&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&q=big+tits&btnG=Search

and see the result http://www.bigtitsroundasses.com/t1/pps=20052005/

Also those blogs are the same deal.One of those blogs was run by a friend of mine. http://www.123snip.blogspot.com/
Its been reregistered and the backlinks and pr for the site have been used to promote the keyword milf. And google falls for it.
Google is showing these sites with adult links all over them for non pron keywords.Its been sucked in by expired domains and blogs.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:35:57 +0000

Hi Joe,

Thanks for the note and for offering a different point of view.

If my post implied that I thought most of the comments on this blog support the DOJ, I apologize for not being clearer. There are several posts above that do support the DOJ, and my comments were in response to them. Largely speaking, I find the participants on this blog to be very thoughtful and rational, and I am happy to be a part of this online community.

As far as the world being complex – of that I am very aware. In response to your comment that I seem to fear Govt abuses more than commercial abuses – i’m not sure why you would draw that conclusion. This particular issue involves the government requesting data from a corporation that they have no special oversight over. They can request Google’s assistance, but they have no legal footing to demand it. They are seeking that legal authority now, and I am simply voicing my opinion that they should not be granted it.

I agree – that we better get used to Govt and society being threatened by openness, but that does not mean we should succumb to it. If anything, that means we should get used to fighting it. Openness is inevitable because the market demands it. The Internet is great because it satisfies the collective demand for news, views, and more in a very efficient way. To disturb the openness would be to exert unnatural forces on the marketplace – which would jeopardize the authenticity of this medium. That’s what makes this issue important.

The legal issue is not “what specific privacy right is being violated here,” it is whether the government can force corporations to assist them in their criminal prosecutions. It’s the privacy issue that makes this issue graver – because the slope is very slippery.

By: Alan R

Alan R — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 01:52:14 +0000

Cmon our kids are protected from adult content and accidental searches.

Just type in “x box toys”

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