All you need is Google. That’s how things have been going in the law enforcement world. If you don’t know who you’re looking for, just ask Google to do it for you. A variety of wa…

I’m less worried about this scenario: “We are investigating one specific person whom we have probable cause to believe committed a specific crime. Oh look, he has a Gmail account. Let’s subpoena his video searches with a valid warrant.”

I’m extremely troubled by this scenario: “We don’t like people who search for videos on guns/surfing/cats/whatever. Let’s subpoena a list of those people and start investigating them on no other basis.”

“We don’t like people who search for videos on civil rights/racial equality/social justice/anarchism/communism/anti-capitalism/fbi overreach. Let’s subpoena a list of those people and start investigating them on no other basis.”

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