Is Google collecting information for the U.S. Government?
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well im sure that if you look up something like how to make a bomb or anthrax or something that you probably get red flagged by the government and moniter you.  if you arent doing anything though whats there to fear.  i would rather sacrifice my privacy if its going to make the US a safer place to live.
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Google is very nice about this.\nThe answer for this question is NO.\n\nPpl at Google are the cream of the crop (literally).  They wouldn't make such a mistake.
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I believe Yahoo utilizes Google's search engine
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National Security. The govenment already has your "really private" information because of social security, taxes and so forth. This 'private' info Yahoo would release is more like account info and they would only release info regarding people that talk of anything to do with national security or the breaking of Federal Laws. Using the internet to commit crime is a Federal Offense and it is their duty to help enforce it. Same thing with any telecommunications company. (Phone and internet providers included.)
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Yup.  The first question they ask is can you Google?
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Information is money and people spend time on the net gaining information
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i work for the govt and i am a financial manager for NASA research. we get most of our funds from congressional adds and private researchers. the rest of it is from different institutions needing to know the information for a current or future program.\n\nthanks,\n\nryan\n\nair force research labs.
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Well, I think you are refering to the requests by the government for search data.  Bush does not make laws and there were no laws that congress that made that were opposed.\n\nThe major search engines were requested by the government search results.  This did not include personal information.\n\nAs for opposition.  Google was the only major search engine to oppose turing over the information.  The information contained no personal information and the intent was to help law makers better understand the people of the united states.  Something, I wish law makers would do more often.
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They get data from the IRS, data from the Social Security Administration, and data from the Census, data,,, data,,, data.  Basically, they have access to everything you are, have been or might be. Including bank records, personal information you might think is private etc. \n\nGeorge Orwell was right.  Big bro has climbed up our rectal orfice and is with us allways, causing pain.
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No idea, but you can check in google about it!
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Well, the U.S government has been tracking the public on their online activities since 9/11.
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Google's not objecting on the grounds of privacy, but that it would be too labor-intensive. I don't think that the defense they're using is valid, but there are valid reasons to withhold them.
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Google is an online Search engine, you can search up anything on google, you type in something you are searching and you will get results. Google also has this email service called Gmail, it is no spam at all. when searching at google you can find anything on the web, any images Google also has News and groups you can go to those links and also there is Froogle wich is froo·gle (fru'gal) n. Smart shopping through Google. There are many things you can Find On google just by pressing the more tab.  some are maps, translators, and blog searching.  \nGoogle, a popular search engine, is a tool for finding resources on the World Wide Web. Google scans web pages to find instances of the keywords you have entered in the search box.\nGoogle, Inc. , is a U.S.-based corporation, established in 1998, that manages the Google search engine. Google is headquartered at the "Googleplex" in Mountain View, California, and employs over 3,000 workers. Dr. Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Novell, took over as Google's CEO when co-founder Larry Page stepped down. \n\nHoped any of that helped
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yo....ever heard of GOOGLE....???
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PEOPLE!!!\n\nOur government is NOT intrested on anyones search for a great chicken recepie or shopping or anything a law-abiding citizen searches for.  They are trying to protect us and are looking for terrorist acitivity!\n\nLet me re-phrase your question: Would you be angry if an attack occurred and the details could have led to the prevention if the government had looked at internet activity?\n\nYES!!........People would be whining about that.  So it is a "NO WIN" situation.  Our government is critized for doing and for not doing.  I for one am glad they decided to have people angry and trying to protect me and my family rather than accomodating whiners.  Besides, if you are doing nothing wrong, why do you care?  If I have private informaition that I do not want anyone to know about, rest assured, I will not post on yahoo or google..or any other internet source.\n\nBy the way, I don't think that an internet search is protected anyway.\n\nGood luck and take care.
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Do you mean try to find out who's typing your name into search engines and stuff?  If you do, there's so many ways to search for people that this is not really feasible.  Not to mention this would require being able to see the logs of all the major search engine companies, which for privacy concerns are generally not released except to the government or to law enforcement.
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as u are on the net now why not check information from google its been helpful.