hi.
From the strictly outrageous news dept, because Expert users =
suspicious users, right? If it isn't Windows, then... it might be...
bad!
"On Friday, EFF and the law firm of Fish and Richardson filed an
emergency motion to quash [pdf]and for the return of seized property
on behalf of a Boston College computer science student whose
computers, cell phone, and other property were seized as part of an
investigation into who sent an e-mail to a school mailing list
identifying another student as gay. The problem? Not only is there no
indication that any crime was committed, the investigating officer
argued that the computer expertise of the student itself supported a
finding of probable cause to seize the student's property."
See:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/boston-college-prompt-commands-are-suspicious
I realize that the reported circumstances are quite vague, but a
citation of expertise as a reason for *probable cause*... seems a
little questionable at best. Anyway, YRO.
Thanks.
have a day.yad
jdpf
