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by t-writescode 1403 days ago
Well, the "before Google" was librarians, and they have a history, a long, long history of saying "no" to the feds when it comes to giving out reading and checkout lists of people.

*Of course* Google and friends happily give that information out "pre-warrant".

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> Well, the "before Google" was librarians, and they have a history, a long, long history of saying "no" to the feds when it comes to giving out reading and checkout lists of people.

In the US they lost that fight and now reading lists are handed over to the state.