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Google was ordered to identify people who watched certain YouTube video

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BrokenYugo:
Look into geofence warrants if you think that's nuts.

Halcyon:

--- Quote from: BrokenYugo on March 25, 2024, 01:06:15 am ---Look into geofence warrants if you think that's nuts.

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Those are good fun ;-)

Monkeh:

--- Quote from: Halcyon on March 25, 2024, 01:02:42 am ---
--- Quote from: Monkeh on March 25, 2024, 12:24:02 am ---
--- Quote from: Halcyon on March 25, 2024, 12:18:18 am ---To be fair, if you're stupid enough to Google how to conduct criminal activity then carry out those actions, you deserve to be caught. It's akin to doing a burnout in front of police.

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The content of the actual article appears to have sailed on past you.

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Considering I only have the short snippet to go off since the rest is hidden by a paywall, I can only go off what I've been provided. Feel free to share any specific points you're referring to in the forum so the rest of us can make a more considered response. Otherwise, I'm sticking to what I said earlier.

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What paywall? It's a free article, or at least any attempt to make it not so is entirely ineffective against.. a totally bare browser with no plugins. But if you insist:

--- Quote ---In conversations with the user in early January, undercover agents sent links of YouTube tutorials for mapping via drones and augmented reality software, then asked Google for information on who had viewed the videos, which collectively have been watched over 30,000 times.

The court orders show the government telling Google to provide the names, addresses, telephone numbers and user activity for all Google account users who accessed the YouTube videos between January 1 and January 8, 2023.
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In other words, they attempted to sucker someone into watching some videos, then attempted to gather the personal information of potentially thousands of unrelated parties.

E: So Forbes are really bad at the whole paywall thing, apparently. Who knew.

Halcyon:

--- Quote from: Monkeh on March 25, 2024, 01:07:52 am ---
--- Quote from: Halcyon on March 25, 2024, 01:02:42 am ---
--- Quote from: Monkeh on March 25, 2024, 12:24:02 am ---
--- Quote from: Halcyon on March 25, 2024, 12:18:18 am ---To be fair, if you're stupid enough to Google how to conduct criminal activity then carry out those actions, you deserve to be caught. It's akin to doing a burnout in front of police.

--- End quote ---

The content of the actual article appears to have sailed on past you.

--- End quote ---

Considering I only have the short snippet to go off since the rest is hidden by a paywall, I can only go off what I've been provided. Feel free to share any specific points you're referring to in the forum so the rest of us can make a more considered response. Otherwise, I'm sticking to what I said earlier.

--- End quote ---

What paywall? It's a free article, or at least any attempt to make it not so is entirely ineffective against.. a totally bare browser with no plugins. But if you insist:

--- Quote ---In conversations with the user in early January, undercover agents sent links of YouTube tutorials for mapping via drones and augmented reality software, then asked Google for information on who had viewed the videos, which collectively have been watched over 30,000 times.

The court orders show the government telling Google to provide the names, addresses, telephone numbers and user activity for all Google account users who accessed the YouTube videos between January 1 and January 8, 2023.
--- End quote ---

In other words, they attempted to sucker someone into watching some videos, then attempted to gather the personal information of potentially thousands of unrelated parties.

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You're obviously seeing an entirely different page to me. I have no idea why, but what you quoted above is not visible.

OK, so it seems like a controlled operation. My comments still stand although based on that, however I acknowledge there is a lot more to unpack here. I'm going to reserve my full opinion as I fear it will just cause chaos. But I will say that in some limited circumstances, this kind of activity is completely justified morally and ethically (in my opinion).

Monkeh:

--- Quote from: Halcyon on March 25, 2024, 01:13:46 am ---You're obviously seeing an entirely different page to me. I have no idea why, but what you quoted above is not visible.
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Try reader mode.


--- Quote ---OK, so it seems like a controlled operation. My comments still stand although based on that, however I acknowledge there is a lot more to unpack here. I'm going to reserve my full opinion as I fear it will just cause chaos. But I will say that in some limited circumstances, this kind of activity is completely justified morally and ethically (in my opinion).

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A controlled operation of the gathering of personal data having no bearing on the operation from innocent people. With little to no public awareness of this operation or oversight of the security of their data once forced out of the hands of those entrusted with it.

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