Google search gets felon convicted

Google didn't provide the info to police, in this story. They just found the record of old searches on the accused computer. Basically, it had nothing to do with Google's long term storage and analysis of its customers searches.

Jesus CHRIST. I'd love to mute you.

Before or after you buried their remains? lol

Dont' worry. You've just been mislead by the headline. Google does not sift through searches looking for criminal evidence, nor do they provide personal search info to law enforcement. The police simply found evidence of past searches on the accused man's personal property through an old fashioned search warrant.

I would be angry too if someone was failing to acknowledge an obvious error, or misleading statement. Despite the facts being very clear. Google searches didn't get the man convicted. The search queries taken from the accused's PHYSICAL machine were used as evidence during the trial.

I think you're missing the point of the article. It's not about about "slandering" google, but the fact that the individual was convicted for googling his crime and then it was found on his PC.

Take your dramatic conspiracy theories some place else.

I don't know about the rest of you guys but I am totally with the mute guy who cant shut up. If we don't stand up now and say something then the next thing you know the governnnnnnnmdlkjazdk

P.S. Don't tell him what to do!

What's the purpose of the misleading headline, if not to slander (technically libel) Google? Just to get hits through supermarket tabloid efforts? Yuck.

The headline really makes you think Google did some analysis and provided it to police. But no, its just the same old story of seizing and accused criminals property and finding evidence of the crime. Old fashioned Sherlock Holmes shit, nothing to do with Google's storage and analysis of past searches. They keep those to themselves.

Google is not Yahoo!

He wasn't convicted for "googling". The stored search queries found on his PC (not provided by Google(tm) were provided as evidence during trial. No more, no less. The search queries were found because of a PHYSICAL search and seizure. Not a virtual analysis with data provided by Google, as the headline implies.

It seems this headline is misleading on purpose, judging from the banter from the creator. Most likely it was done to get more "hits", supermarket tabloid style.

Way to show class, abbym0308.

I think you're confusing "western countries" with one single western country (the UK).

Whoa buddy, reel it in. I believe you misunderstood me. I never suggested or inferred that Google was at fault here or that they "snitched him out." Why would I want to take down the internet? I need it for my job!

I didn't say that. I said his Google search (referring to the information stored on his PC) is what got him convicted. I am not a liar. Have a nice day!

Mate, get over it. Read what Abbym says, she's clearly not a liar you joker. And she's clearly not try to take down the internet either haha.

I have, and it wasn't

(I was told) that Google owns current TV. Is that true?

not true.
Al Gore and his buddy own Current.

If they hadn't found anything on his computer, they might not have nailed him.... so because of his use of google, they caught him. simple

So who slandered Al Gores buddy who invented but is now trying to take down the internet?

If Google owned Current, it wouldn't have downtime and would work faster.

There used to be a segment on Current entitled Google Current hosted by Conor that basically went through what people search for on Current. It was pre-Infomania.