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I have a similar story. I bought a used NAS at a garage sale. The woman said it was her husband's, who had passed away a couple months ago. I took it home and
by xgulfie 7y ago
I have a similar story.
I bought a used NAS at a garage sale. The woman said it was her husband's, who had passed away a couple months ago.
I took it home and fired it up. It didn't have a password on it or anything. So I went looking through photos of the backyard, birdfeeders, and thought "wow it's so sad this stuff was just given away". I felt bad for the family who might be missing all his photos.
Then after a few more minutes it got way darker. The NAS had what looked like child porn on it. Some candid videos of a teenage girl adjusting her bra when she thinks nobody's looking, some more hardcore porn with someone who either was or at least tried really hard to look underaged.
So now here I was, in possession of child pornography (maybe?), on a drive from a garage sale, belonging to a dead man. That is a fucking dilemma. A million scenarios ran through my head. Was this was some sort of set-up? Would I face criminal charges for possessing this?
I took it to the police, they eventually reviewed it and told me there was nothing illegal on it. They asked me if I wanted it back, I told them to dispose of it.
- notzuck 7y agoI would have gone to the police with my lawyer, I would have asked for everything I say to be recorded. You were trusting the police to do the right thing bye you. Risky strategy.
- xgulfie 7y agoYeah in retrospect I should have just put a drill bit through it. But at the time I was just very afraid and wanted to do "the right thing".
- skinnymuch 7y agoWow that was really risky taking it to the police. You never know what a bad person might do or what story they might push for.