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This makes me feel really disappointed with the EFF, as they're a charity and they're wasting time (and resources) on this matter. Sure, it's a point worth inve

• fleitz 17y ago
  If the goods were stolen a warrant should be issued for arrest for possession of stolen property. The fact that a warrant for search and seizure was issued makes it clear that not even the police are sure that the goods were stolen given the evidence publicly available. When you leave your property sitting around and refuse people trying to return it, it creates a lot of ambiguity as to whether the property was stolen or abandoned.
  • mootothemax 17y ago
    When you leave your property sitting around and refuse people trying to return it So far there is no evidence that proves that one way or the other.
• jrockway 17y ago
  The issue here is whether or not the state has the right to take thousands of dollars worth of computer equipment because you stole a $300 phone. If the search warrant was simply looking for the phone in question, that would be reasonable. A search warrant requesting the author's Google history and browser cache is excessively invasive and harmful to society in general. Even criminals have rights, and those rights are worth protecting. They are what makes America great.
  • mootothemax 17y ago
    Right and I agree with you... except that this isn't a $300 phone. If it was, why did they pay $5,000 for it?