A husband and wife discovered that a simple search on Google using a few ordinary words could be enough to have your name flagged.
There are definitely certain terms you could type into Google that might get your IP address noticed, but I’m certainly not going to test it out just for an article!
Thankfully, one woman took that risk for me, revealing that by typing four specific words in sequence on a search engine, you’re almost guaranteed to have law enforcement at your door.
Now, you’re probably trying to guess what these words could be… but trust me, you probably won’t figure it out.
To narrow it down, it’s not anything sexual, nor is it related to children.
This incident unfolded on Long Island, New York, back in 2013, and the surprising response to Michele Catalano’s seemingly innocent search shocked her and her husband.
Catalano humorously recounted the experience on her blog, writing, “Googling certain things was creating a perfect storm of terrorism profiling.”
Her husband’s work laptop had been used for these searches just days apart, and, with the lingering tension in New York after events from a decade earlier, it raised alarms for his employer.
IT staff flagged the searches, and Suffolk County Police Department was notified of the suspicious activity linked to Catalano’s home address.
