Authorizing a third party to work on your device does not constitute an illegal search. I would expect the exact same legal protections as he got. If I authoriz

Authorizing a third party to work on your device does not constitute an illegal search. I would expect the exact same legal protections as he got. If I authorize a third party service to work on my device I assume they will be viewing the files. If I have illegal material on my computer I respect their duty to report it. Getting a 500 dollar payment from the government does not make you an agent of the state. At 15 dollars an hour that would buy ~33 hours of the employee's time. Two months later his coworker discovered the photo. Oh, and it lead to a search that discovered more child pornography. Should there be no reward system for crime tips? >Authorities say they also found child pornography on a laptop, multiple hard drives and an iPhone belonging to Rettenmaier. Maybe all those hard drives were just mailed to him though and he was in the process of deleting them. This is just someone trying to get out on a technicality. You can email the author of that article if you have questions on the sources. Maybe he can point you to court documents. 1. http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-0521-best-buy-update-20160520-story.html http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-0521...