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I "don't have anything to hide".

But I can imagine some scenario where I am in a court and the opposing side have had access to my internet history. It wouldn't be very hard to paint me in a pretty bad light if you were very selective - much like the quote above.

Eg. "The defendant has previously looked at gun videos on the internet, reads hacker message boards, and once even read how to make TNT."



>"The defendant has previously looked at gun videos on the internet, reads hacker message boards, and once even read how to make TNT."

If the court accept this argument as prove that someone is doing harm then thats the real issue.


The system has also the web history of the judge, so he'll probably comply.


Exactly! It is not only your own history. It is the history of those that have some power that are now subject to blackmail.


Not on it's own. But muddying someone's character might confuse a jury in some otherwise mundane technical case.




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