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Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Keyword Search Warrant - a digital dragnet tool that allows law enforcement to identify everyone who searched the internet for a specific term or phrase. (www.eff.org)

submitted 1 year ago by minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] detalferous@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Duck duck go protects you from this, correct?

Why would anyone use Google after this precedent?

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Headquartered in the US so I wouldn't guarantee it.
This was against Google specifically but I would imagine it would hold up against any US based search engine they felt someone was using.

[–] detalferous@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Right, they must respond to a subpoena. But they don't retain search records, do they?

[–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In addition to being based in the US, DDG has had some issues with allowing Microsoft tracking on their DDG Browser. Their search does not have the same issues, but it might be wise to use TorBrowser to search anything you'd rather not explain in front of a judge.

[–] online@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

And remember there's a Duck Duck Go onion service: https://duckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad.onion Proof: search on duckduckgo for "duckduckgo onion" and a widget appears in the search results.

Alternatively, set your tor browser to always prioritize onion addresses in the settings.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

I think all search engines have this issue since law enforcement can step in any time.

The one exception might be proxy searches