> As everyone who reads this blog I am sure knows, several months ago, the Gadget blog Gizmodo purchased a then secret unreleased iPhone from someone who claime

> As everyone who reads this blog I am sure knows, several months ago, the Gadget blog Gizmodo purchased a then secret unreleased iPhone from someone who claimed to find it in a bar. Gizmodo then wrote a major article about the phone and then gave it back to Apple. Discussed to death but they committed a crime by purchasing the phone in the first place. They then committed another crime by opening up the iphone and displaying it's contents for all to see. There was amble evidence to open a police investigation. Nobody has been convicted yet. > But the idea that the FBI gets to ransack your home because you told on some huge corporation who couldn't give a hoot about your security unless they are publicly embarrassed about it is the ultimate example of no good deed going unpunished. What the guy did was a federal crime. There are laws against what he did. It's the equivalent of breaking into someone's home or a store without causing damage or taking anything. Just the fact you entered without permission means you're committing a crime.