Watch out what you post on the Internet. In the news regarding a Philadelphia man charged with threatening to kill House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and his family (you can read it here), I wanted to point out how the Feds got their man.
Google, the owner of YouTube, provided the FBI with the IP address of the person who submitted the video and found it to be in Philadelphia. The video that was uploaded by the guy threatened Rep. Cantor with violence and called him and his family “Lucifer’s abomination.”
While this does not seem surprising that Google with help the FBI catch such a loon, it is still noteworthy to point out how quickly Google tracked down the culprit and sent the information to the FBI. The FBI downloaded the video on 3/26, and the culprit was arrested on the 3/27.
I’m reminded of the technology used to try and catch Will Smith in “Enemy of the State,” and how I thought that the technology back then was pretty scary. Today, with Google’s help, Big Brother is a whole lot scarier.
Tags: address, Eric Cantor, FBI, Google, IP, philadelphia, threat, Youtube
