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I can't help but feel that since the landlord believed that the wifi was secured and the only person with the password was the tenant the only decent thing to d

I can't help but feel that since the landlord believed that the wifi was secured and the only person with the password was the tenant the only decent thing to do was actually cooperate with the police. Wasn't it?

scotty79 13y ago
That's why he ends the story with: > I’m not even all that pissed off about it. She genuinely thought I was the only person with the password. I probably would have given me up too.
- RBerenguel 13y ago
  Yes, but the tone throughout the story feels otherwise, don't you think? It was more like an impression of how the text felt than this actual final line acknowledging it.
  - Shish2k 13y ago
    Pissed off towards the police, yes; not the landlord
  - Ntrails 13y ago
    It's really the title. The story isn't about him being ratted out to the police, it's about the police officers sent not having the most rudimentary understanding of technology, and maybe a bit about the language barrier. Even knowing that the wireless network was unsecured would not have stopped them from taking his computers and the router (as there was no particular reason to think he hadn't unsecured it knowing they were coming).
6d0debc071 13y ago
Kinda - dealing with the police is, ideally, the same regardless of how good their suspicions are. You can tell your side of the story in an interview room with your lawyer there, or when it gets to court. Don't answer any questions, (unless the law requires you to,) they can lie about it later or they might misremember. Say you're not going to discuss anything without a lawyer, ask for a translator if you don't speak their language well. If they don't have a warrant (if that sort of thing's applicable where you are) don't let them into your home, (if I'd been him, I'd have met them on the doorstep to my flat with the door closed and locked behind me.) What you say can hang you, especially when you're talking to people who don't know what you're talking about.

scotty79 13y ago

That's why he ends the story with: > I’m not even all that pissed off about it. She genuinely thought I was the only person with the password. I probably would have given me up too.

RBerenguel 13y ago
Yes, but the tone throughout the story feels otherwise, don't you think? It was more like an impression of how the text felt than this actual final line acknowledging it.
- Shish2k 13y ago
  Pissed off towards the police, yes; not the landlord
- Ntrails 13y ago
  It's really the title. The story isn't about him being ratted out to the police, it's about the police officers sent not having the most rudimentary understanding of technology, and maybe a bit about the language barrier. Even knowing that the wireless network was unsecured would not have stopped them from taking his computers and the router (as there was no particular reason to think he hadn't unsecured it knowing they were coming).

6d0debc071 13y ago

Kinda - dealing with the police is, ideally, the same regardless of how good their suspicions are. You can tell your side of the story in an interview room with your lawyer there, or when it gets to court. Don't answer any questions, (unless the law requires you to,) they can lie about it later or they might misremember. Say you're not going to discuss anything without a lawyer, ask for a translator if you don't speak their language well. If they don't have a warrant (if that sort of thing's applicable where you are) don't let them into your home, (if I'd been him, I'd have met them on the doorstep to my flat with the door closed and locked behind me.) What you say can hang you, especially when you're talking to people who don't know what you're talking about.