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But who wiped the data anyway? Apple - sure she asked them to, but apple did it.
by mcfedr 8y ago
But who wiped the data anyway? Apple - sure she asked them to, but apple did it.
- coldtea 8y agoNobody cares about who did the mechanical act of destroying, especially since they (e.g. Apple) had no intent and where totally unrelated to the crime. So that wont fly as an excuse to a judge. In general pedantic splitting hair arguments will more likely turn against the person.
- billfruit 8y agoBut then if it was Apple who deleted, does it raise the question that they(Apple) didn't check if the data being deleted was evidence or not?
- DATACOMMANDER 8y agoYou can’t expect Apple to do an investigation of every phone they wipe at a customer’s request. What about Google Docs? Even if the user clicks the “delete” button, Google performs the physical act of deletion. So should clicking that button trigger a pop-up with the message, “Deletion will occur once we’ve verified that you are not under investigation by the authorities in your jurisdiction”? Or should it silently send the “deleted” document to an archive that Google must maintain indefinitely for the purpose of responding to subpoenas?