Actually, it isn't Apple. It is the police and district attorney who decide a crime was committed.
(Which it looks like in this case it probably was - since knowingly purchasing and taking possession of lost property is a theft crime in CA.) And no. They can ask for a warrant from a judge if they can show the judge probable cause, in order to obtain evidence to build a case. Draconian? yes. Anti-press? yes. Apple's fault? maybe by pressure, but not actually. I would suspect that Apple would be happier if this entire incident was never mentioned again. On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Matt Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > I suppose y'all have heard about Gizmodo revealing the iPhone 4. > http://gizmodo.com/5520471/the-tale-of-apples-next-iphone?skyline=true&s=i > > Did you hear the police confiscated all of Jason Chen's computers because > "it was used as the means of committing a felony"? > http://gizmodo.com/5524843/ > > I don't know the law (esp. California) that well, but it seems if a felony > has been committed and this guy's computers are the tool, wouldn't they also > need to arrest him? > > Please discuss (I was surprised to not find a thread on this already, > ignore me if I just missed it). > > -Matt W > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316743 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
