People who get scared in the middle of the night do Internet searches. They look up information about medical conditions, criminal records and all manner of things that they don't necessarily want traced back to them. If people cut down on the things that they search for as a result of this, that's a real shame.

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This could definitely have a chilling effect on Internet users who are going to be afraid to do searches knowing that this information is going to be left out there for somebody to look at down the road.

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In a way we agree they aren't effective. They can over filter.

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Without AT&T's collaboration, this wouldn't happen.

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There are a lot of reasons why Apple -- and all companies -- need to make these processes as transparent as possible. More basic though, not having them or trying to circumvent them shows a lack of respect for their customers.

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AT&T broke federal privacy laws in cooperating with the government and providing unfettered access to a company database as well as their networks. The company knows the law, and they ignored it.

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The privacy of those files is only as good as the security the company has put on them. Companies make mistakes and people make mistakes. There is always going to be a chance those records are put up on the Web for the world to see.

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