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Cory Doctorow's Fiction About An Evil Google

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the government-search-engines dept.

ahem writes "I saw a link on Valleywag to a story written by Cory Doctorow about what would happen if Google got in bed with the Dept. of Homeland Security. Chilling, well written, but the ending was a bit anti-climactic for my tastes."

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  1. What would happen... by TapeCutter · · Score: 4, Funny

    "....if Google got in bed with the Dept. of Homeland Security."

    The resulting offspring would spend all their time searching themselves for terrorists.

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    1. Re:What would happen... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 2, Funny

      The resulting offspring would spend all their time searching themselves for terrorists.

      Except in China! :)

  2. uhm.... yeah by User+956 · · Score: 4, Funny

    what would happen if Google got in bed with the Dept. of Homeland Security.

    Well, DHS loves performing cavity searches, and Google's the best search engine out there right now. You do the math.

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  3. Re:This is fiction? by cyphercell · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think I'll write a fictional story about what would happen if my neighbor took a shit.. Wanna read it?

    I think I'll wait for the movie :)

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  4. Re:The ending by 1u3hr · · Score: 4, Funny
    Could it really have ended any other way?

    "If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping a human face... forever."

  5. Re:The ending by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 2, Funny

    God knows that's preferable to actually READING something of Doctrow's...

  6. Re:The ending by 25thCenturyQuaker · · Score: 2, Funny
    >>>Ahem wrote, "... the ending was a bit anti-climactic for my tastes."

    Uh-Oh.

    The Great Corius is gonna get mad at you and hold a grudge for years .

    You can forget ever registering an account to leave comments on the new BoingBoing 2.pi, because he knows people at both Google and the DHS.

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  7. That's why... by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Funny

    I monitor Google's Execs each and every day for goatees. You can't be too careful.

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  8. How about evil Slashdot? by msormune · · Score: 5, Funny

    How abut a story about "Evil Slashdot" that is used as a massive tool for concentrated DDOS attacks? Oh wait...

  9. Cory Doctorow visits a Radio Shack by Dr.+Cody · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://ldopa.net/2006/06/04/cory-doctorow-visits-a-radio-shack/

    Cory and the rest of boingboing.net truly epitomize the worst excesses of the Blogosphere. Too bad we can't lock them all up in Second Life and feed them to the furries.

  10. Re:Fiction? by Wite_Noiz · · Score: 2, Funny

    The best example of this is the current trend to tell people your "porn name" - which is your first pet's name and your mother's maiden name...

    Couple this with the fact that people give out their email address and date of birth to anybody (see any social network), and you can have a great time with identity fraud. Weeeeeee!!!!

  11. Re:There's no fiction by TheRaven64 · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you use Blogger, everyone interested in your persona knows what you're passionate about. So, basically, no one knows what you're passionate about?
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  12. Re:Chilling? by zoward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Chilling? Maybe if your name is Daniel Brandt, but back here in the real world this stays most definitely in the real of fiction..

    I think you meant "realm". Freudian slip?

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  13. Re:Fiction? by jollyreaper · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google is the #1 company that has been fighting AGAINST government intrusion into search. Yeah, cuz they don't like the competition.
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  14. Re:Folks, there is no privacy anymore by Eryq · · Score: 2, Funny

    Quit trying to put the genie back in the bottle, and just live a life where you don't have embarassing secrets to hide.
    It really does make life easier.

    And INCREDIBLY boring.

    I'll keep my embarrassing secrets, thanks.

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  15. Re:Fiction? by Floritard · · Score: 2, Funny

    Google is the #1 company that has been fighting AGAINST government intrusion into search. Totally. Like, they should rename themselves the Ministry of Love, so we all know just how committed they are to human happiness.

    A wolf in sheep's clothing eats more...