Search Engines & Privacy

Interesting things are afoot in the world of government monitoring in cyberspace. Two articles I thought worth reading (the latter worth considering, perhaps, in light of the former):

Yahoo admits it let White House access its databases
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2002169,00.html

How to Foil Search Engine Snoops
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70051-0.html