Examples of information on the internet being used:
Mark Maugham: vanity search revealed info that he thought was wrong
Orey Steinman: abducted by his mother, told authorities, she went to jail
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Gmail
o AdWords goes over your emails and matches keywords to provide appropriate personal
advertising
o Some controversy, but it wasn’t actually Google reading the emails, it was AdWords
Google Desktop Search
o Indexes your hard drive
o Internet service providers and universities keep records of this
o You can no longer control how your private documents, communication, or even
browsing history may be used
Unreasonable search
o Patriot act
 Passed after 9-11
 Expanded federal authority to new areas, including the internet
 No longer a need to have a purpose to search
 No need for a search warrant
 Companies are not allowed to disclose information that states that the
government requested information on them
 The government just has to prove that your info is valuable in some way
The great Firewall of china
o China banned Google
 China wanted to limit their citizens information
 Putting banned websites would create a poor user experience
 Put bans on individual websites
Morality
o “Don’t be evil” motto does not stand
o Google became available in china even though they could not offer the full website
 Compromise of Google's morals
 Google realized that it had to be available in china in order to survive as a
company