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The supposed leaker has contradicted his own claims about the material, has refused to release evidence (like cryptographic signatures) that might prove whether

The supposed leaker has contradicted his own claims about the material, has refused to release evidence (like cryptographic signatures) that might prove whether the emails actually passed through email servers, and he is a zealous Trump booster, (supposedly) hid the information from the public for a year in order to maximize campaigns impact instead of sharing it immediately upon discovery, and none of the Republican Senators not Republican DOJ, who supposedly had this material for a year already, have mentioned its existence, despite having recently published reports investigating this exact issue. The purported facts beggar belief -- that an extremely famous person took his laptop, full of extremely damaging material, to a repair shop and then simply forgot about it. That a Mac repair shop owner violated all ethical standards to spy on a customer laptop. That after stealing the customer's laptop and data and finding supposedly treasonous data on it, he gave it to Trump's campaign team instead of the FBI. There's no evidence that it's true and substantial evidence that it's false.

nullc 6y ago
> That a Mac repair shop owner violated all ethical standards to spy on a customer laptop. Repair shops look through equipment all the time-- they're one of the largest sources of reports for child pornography. > instead of the FBI. I think you've just proved you didn't even read the NY POST article? It claims he gave the laptop to the FBI and includes a supposed "federal subpoena showing the computer and hard drive were seized by the FBI". The continues, "before turning over the gear, the shop owner says, he made a copy of the hard drive and later gave it to former Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s lawyer, Robert Costello" I have no idea if this stuff is bullshit or not-- presumably the FBI will come out and debunk it completely shortly. But I don't think the discourse is furthered by opinionated comments from people who don't even give an appearance of having read the article.
aksss 6y ago
Jeez, don’t take your computer to Best Buy if you view the world that way: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/geek-squads-relationship-fbi-cozier-we-thought https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/geek-squads-relationsh...

nullc 6y ago

> That a Mac repair shop owner violated all ethical standards to spy on a customer laptop. Repair shops look through equipment all the time-- they're one of the largest sources of reports for child pornography. > instead of the FBI. I think you've just proved you didn't even read the NY POST article? It claims he gave the laptop to the FBI and includes a supposed "federal subpoena showing the computer and hard drive were seized by the FBI". The continues, "before turning over the gear, the shop owner says, he made a copy of the hard drive and later gave it to former Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s lawyer, Robert Costello" I have no idea if this stuff is bullshit or not-- presumably the FBI will come out and debunk it completely shortly. But I don't think the discourse is furthered by opinionated comments from people who don't even give an appearance of having read the article.

aksss 6y ago

Jeez, don’t take your computer to Best Buy if you view the world that way: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/geek-squads-relationship-fbi-cozier-we-thought https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/geek-squads-relationsh...