If you watched certain YouTube videos, investigators demanded your data from Google

https://lemmy.world/post/13520779

If you watched certain YouTube videos, investigators demanded your data from Google - Lemmy.World

Ok, so the headline is a bit clickbait-y. It’s not not everyone who ever watched the video that they are interested in, it’s one person they are trying to track down. Still concerning from a privacy standpoint, but it’s not like they are trying to say that watching the video was itself a crime.

Is anyone asking the question of: Why do they need 30,000 accounts to try and determine if 1 watched the video? What the fuck kinda investigation is that?

Why would being able to prove this one person watched one video mean anything?