The difference is that yes, in this case, a malicious "hax0r" does get put away... but in Yahoo!'s case, they did the same to a journalist who desires freedom in an oppressive communist state. They're two different things.
Even so, I don't think Google was the source of the search terms- they have adamantly stood their ground against such practices in the past. I just don't see them taking a 180 and just giving the FBI search terms like that.
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So I'm guessing Melkor is going to escape and pwn the universe out of existence?
The difference is that yes, in this case, a malicious "hax0r" does get put away... but in Yahoo!'s case, they did the same to a journalist who desires freedom in an oppressive communist state. They're two different things.
Even so, I don't think Google was the source of the search terms- they have adamantly stood their ground against such practices in the past. I just don't see them taking a 180 and just giving the FBI search terms like that.