This is the problem...let's get the facts straight and then referenced is a part of the article that is not confirmed...
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:56 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:35 AM, t.piwowar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Apple sent folks over to the guy's house to demand he give them back the > > phone. He didn't. > > Let's do get the facts straight. The PCWorld article you referenced > was drawing upon another story that appeared in Wired Magazine. > > The representatives from Apple Corp, who went to the home of the > person alleged to have been in possession of the phone, were not able > to confront the person they were looking for. When they arrived, the > individual they were interested in was not there. His roommate was, > and it was he who answered the knock on the door. The Apple Corp. > folks demanded that they be allowed to enter and search the house, but > the roommate refused their demand because the person of interest was > not present. I would have done the same thing in that situation. I > would never let any officially unauthorized persons search through the > belongings of someone who shared a house with me unless I had been > specifically told by that individual to allow it. > > Those Apple representatives apparently never made another attempt to > recover the phone at that address. > > Additionally, it was at first denied by the San Mateo Police that > Apple ever had any hand in the raid and search of the premises in > question. We now know that to have been untrue, and a silly thing for > the authorities to have said in the first place. At a minimum, Apple > would have had to have filed a theft report, and since Apple already > knew where the phone was alleged to be located, they would have > provided that information to police. That is called having a hand in > the execution of the search. I am not casting aspersions toward Apple > Corp. in this instance, but I do wonder why the San Mateo Police were > initially trying to hide the fact that Apple Corp. was involved in the > execution of the search. Perhaps because Apple is a corporate partner > (consultant) with them? > > Steve > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
