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1. poorly written article

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 04:36 PM

Jun 2013

What was the warrant for--to search the home or the contents of the computer hard drive?

How is a child rapist contacting his victims not probable cause to search his computer for child porn? If they were searching his computer and weren't looking for child porn, what on earth were they looking for?

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NY court: Computer searches can threaten privacy [View all] The Straight Story Jun 2013 OP

poorly written article geek tragedy Jun 2013 #1

I think this is the crux of it: The Straight Story Jun 2013 #2

I can see the file sharing argument. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #5

"Any and all computing or data processing software, or data" rug Jun 2013 #3

the warrant does seem overbroad, but I think the appeals court went too far the other way in saying geek tragedy Jun 2013 #6

If I read this right nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #4