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by shapefrog 1718 days ago
Why is it terrible that a company responds to court orders?

It is neither terrible nor a shock when a company headquatered in the US, operating in the US, complies with a valid signed court order from a US court.

2 comments

Because keyword warrants evade the Fourth Amendment checks on police surveillance and are very likely unconstitutional.
Then file a brief and take it to the supreme court.
Google collecting enough data to be used for this purpose is, in my opinion, not a good thing
Nobody is holding a gun to your head forcing you to type every query that pops into your head into google search.