警方通过反向关键词搜索令使用谷歌搜索数据解决犯罪,尽管法院批准,但引起了对隐私的担忧。 Police use Google search data via reverse keyword warrants to solve crimes, sparking privacy concerns despite court approval.

警方正在使用“反向关键词”搜查令来识别嫌疑人, 获取谷歌搜索数据, 了解搜索与犯罪有关特定术语(如受害人地址或犯罪现场)的用户, 帮助解决德克萨斯州爆炸系列、科罗拉多纵火和宾夕法尼亚州强奸等案件。 Police are using "reverse keyword" warrants to identify suspects by obtaining Google search data on users who searched specific terms linked to crimes, such as a victim’s address or crime scene, helping solve cases like a Texas bombing series, a Colorado arson, and a Pennsylvania rape. 在宾夕法尼亚案中,搜查受害者的住址导致一名监狱看守被逮捕和定罪,该看守承认多次强奸。 In the Pennsylvania case, searches for the victim’s address led to the arrest and conviction of a prison guard who confessed to multiple rapes. 宾夕法尼亚州最高法院以可能的理由维持了逮捕令,尽管有些法官警告说有隐私风险。 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the warrant, citing probable cause, though some justices warned of privacy risks. 隐私维权者认为这个方法可能暴露无辜民众的私人搜查。 Privacy advocates argue the method could expose innocent people’s private searches. Google审查所有请求并拒绝过于宽泛的请求。 Google reviews all requests and rejects overly broad ones. 该技术因需要精确、不寻常的搜索术语而受到限制,而且没有得到广泛使用。 The technique is limited by the need for precise, unusual search terms and is not widely used.