individual who conducted the search?
2006-11-03 08:13:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
I heard this on the Today show the other. It was a segment about a program or film called "Big Brother" something or other. On the show, they said a husband claimed he and his wife were shot on the beach by a mysterious stranger. (Sure, buddy). They found he'd Googled keywords like "homocide," "life insurance," "chest wound" and other incriminating things. He was charged with his wife's murder.
I don't recall if they searched the hard drive of his home computer or if somehow Google was able to provide that info.
It's almost always the husband who did it and there've been a few high profile cases in which the husband got caught. What made this guy think he'd get away with it?
2006-11-03 08:29:17 · update #1
As to keeping searches, most search engines do; that's how they track keyword usage and decide what to charge advertisers for keywords (price reflects popularity). As to tracking searches to the individual, this is simply not true, unless you run the search while being logged into your Google account. Without logging in, you can only be traced to the nearest (nearest to Google, that is) firewall or proxy server.
2006-11-03 08:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by NC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-01 06:42:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I sort of doubt that. That is one heck of a lot of information, and the best they could do is trace it back to an IP address, which might or might not be able to turn up a name- probably not.
What's your source on this disturbing if true but probably not true fact?
2006-11-03 08:22:58 · answer #3 · answered by tamesbadger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and they have an agreement with the government to provide this information under the Patriot Act.
2006-11-03 08:22:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
All the search engines do that. Read the Private agreement on even Yahoo.com.They even can look at all your emails.
http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/
2006-11-03 08:26:46 · answer #5 · answered by coolsitesguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol, they are not only keeping records but analyzing them as well,
p.s. your Internet Provider also required to keep all records so it doesn't matter what google is doing, they know everything, I wouldn't search for stuff like 'how to make a bomb'
2006-11-03 08:22:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, I knew about this, almost every search engine keeps those kind of records.
2006-11-03 08:22:00 · answer #7 · answered by nasonguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats ok, they can check all my web searches , they are just going to get bored.
2006-11-03 08:24:36 · answer #8 · answered by Keepingmycool 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i didnt know that. but i dont know if it would matter? unless your a terrorist and searching how to make bombs, that would be good to know. and thats why it would be bad to search stuff like that
2006-11-03 08:19:09 · answer #9 · answered by Ehh Blinkin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, isn't that special, and they were my favorite search engine.
2006-11-03 08:20:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋