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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2724010" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://www.startribune.com/search-warrant-issued-to-edina-police-raises-privacy-concerns-of-internet-users/416442113/" target="_blank">Police get search warrant for everyone who Googled Edina resident's name</a></p><p></p><p>In early January, two account holders with SPIRE Credit Union reported to police that $28,500 had been stolen from a line of credit associated with one of their accounts, according to court documents.</p><p></p><p>Edina investigators learned that the suspect or suspects provided the credit union with the account holder’s name, date of birth and Social Security number. In addition, the suspect faxed a forged U.S. passport with a photo of someone who looked like the account holder but wasn’t.</p><p></p><p>Investigators ran an image search of the account holder’s name on Google and found the photo used on the forged passport. Other search engines did not turn up the photo.</p><p></p><p>According to the warrant application, Detective David Lindman said he had reason to believe the suspect used Google to find a picture of the person they believed to be the account holder.</p><p></p><p>Hennepin County District Judge Gary Larson signed off on the search warrant Feb. 1. According to court documents, Lindman served it about 20 minutes later.</p><p>The warrant pertains to anyone who searched variations of the resident’s name on Google from Dec. 1 through Jan. 7.</p><p></p><p>In addition to basic contact information for people targeted by the warrant, Google is being asked to provide Edina police with their Social Security numbers, account and payment information, and IP (internet protocol) and MAC (media access control) addresses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2724010, member: 12952"] [URL="http://www.startribune.com/search-warrant-issued-to-edina-police-raises-privacy-concerns-of-internet-users/416442113/"]Police get search warrant for everyone who Googled Edina resident's name[/URL] In early January, two account holders with SPIRE Credit Union reported to police that $28,500 had been stolen from a line of credit associated with one of their accounts, according to court documents. Edina investigators learned that the suspect or suspects provided the credit union with the account holder’s name, date of birth and Social Security number. In addition, the suspect faxed a forged U.S. passport with a photo of someone who looked like the account holder but wasn’t. Investigators ran an image search of the account holder’s name on Google and found the photo used on the forged passport. Other search engines did not turn up the photo. According to the warrant application, Detective David Lindman said he had reason to believe the suspect used Google to find a picture of the person they believed to be the account holder. Hennepin County District Judge Gary Larson signed off on the search warrant Feb. 1. According to court documents, Lindman served it about 20 minutes later. The warrant pertains to anyone who searched variations of the resident’s name on Google from Dec. 1 through Jan. 7. In addition to basic contact information for people targeted by the warrant, Google is being asked to provide Edina police with their Social Security numbers, account and payment information, and IP (internet protocol) and MAC (media access control) addresses. [/QUOTE]
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