Privacy experts are concerned after federal investigators demanded information from Google about the viewers of certain videos.
According to Forbes, Google was forced to turn over to government investigators the phone numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, and user activity of certain YouTube accounts. Also turned over was the IP addresses of some YouTube users who watched certain videos. The demand for information is the result of a criminal investigation that federal investigators are handling. The videos were sent by undercover police to a suspect accused of laundering cryptocurrency.
The suspect, who has the username « elonmuskwhm, » received links to publicly available YouTube tutorials that showed viewers how to do mapping via drones, and videos that discussed AR software.
