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For what it's worth, we bought the lease for our office from a firm who's business it was to provide filtering solutions to schools. Upon moving in, we decided

For what it's worth, we bought the lease for our office from a firm who's business it was to provide filtering solutions to schools. Upon moving in, we decided to take a look at what was on the stacks of hardware that had just been left in piles here. To our complete lack of surprise, they were full of the personal details of children, their browsing histories, and even poorly configured squid caches full of things like views of hotmail accounts. Needless to say, disks were removed and turned into appropriate bits of broken metal. Were we bad actors, we could have run a magnificent identity theft and child-stalking ring. Censorship in and of itself is a problem. Censorship by incompetent buffoons is an even greater problem.

DanBC 13y ago
> Needless to say, disks were removed and turned into appropriate bits of broken metal. Were we bad actors, You were bad actors. A serious criminal offence had been committed and you not only didn't report it, but you destroyed the evidence.
- madaxe_again 13y ago
  And whom exactly would have been pursued? The directors of the defunct company who had variously jumped the country or disappeared? Or us, for being in possession of such data? Answer: Us. Because Kafka runs the criminal justice system. Bringing crimes to the attention of the police is just not worth the risk.
  - hahainternet 13y ago
    > Answer: Us. Because Kafka runs the criminal justice system. Bringing crimes to the attention of the police is just not worth the risk. Kafka does not run the criminal justice system. Your actions are disgraceful.
    - madaxe_again 13y ago
      His spirit quite certainly does. I would assume that you've never attempted to report a crime in the UK. It's a fruitless endeavour that typically results in the police threatening the reporter, or simply declaring it a civil matter in which they have no interest.
      - hahainternet 13y ago
        Your experience is not universal. Out of myself and many young friends, there are few bad dealings with Police and mostly positive. Including people convicted and sentenced.
        madaxe_again 13y ago
        Fair enough. My experiences have left me very cop-shy. In 2007 I had removers sho, rather than taking my belongings from A to B, took them from A to an auction house. The police started with a stance of "it's a civil matter" and ended with a stance of "we will prosecute you for wasting police time". In 2002 my girlfriend at the time was receiving unsettling, perverse text messages from an unknown number. When I responded in an equally threatening tone, I had a call the next morning from East Kolbride police for sending a threatening communication to a police officer. In 1996, I was arrested for being outside in the snow, aged 13. I was kept in a holding cell and denied food, water, or the means to contact my parents. I have a very, very low opinion of the efficacy of the current application of the rule of law.
      - DanBC 13y ago
        > that typically results in the police threatening the reporter, Typically? Really?

DanBC 13y ago

> Needless to say, disks were removed and turned into appropriate bits of broken metal. Were we bad actors, You were bad actors. A serious criminal offence had been committed and you not only didn't report it, but you destroyed the evidence.

madaxe_again 13y ago
And whom exactly would have been pursued? The directors of the defunct company who had variously jumped the country or disappeared? Or us, for being in possession of such data? Answer: Us. Because Kafka runs the criminal justice system. Bringing crimes to the attention of the police is just not worth the risk.
- hahainternet 13y ago
  > Answer: Us. Because Kafka runs the criminal justice system. Bringing crimes to the attention of the police is just not worth the risk. Kafka does not run the criminal justice system. Your actions are disgraceful.
  - madaxe_again 13y ago
    His spirit quite certainly does. I would assume that you've never attempted to report a crime in the UK. It's a fruitless endeavour that typically results in the police threatening the reporter, or simply declaring it a civil matter in which they have no interest.
    - hahainternet 13y ago
      Your experience is not universal. Out of myself and many young friends, there are few bad dealings with Police and mostly positive. Including people convicted and sentenced.
      - madaxe_again 13y ago
        Fair enough. My experiences have left me very cop-shy. In 2007 I had removers sho, rather than taking my belongings from A to B, took them from A to an auction house. The police started with a stance of "it's a civil matter" and ended with a stance of "we will prosecute you for wasting police time". In 2002 my girlfriend at the time was receiving unsettling, perverse text messages from an unknown number. When I responded in an equally threatening tone, I had a call the next morning from East Kolbride police for sending a threatening communication to a police officer. In 1996, I was arrested for being outside in the snow, aged 13. I was kept in a holding cell and denied food, water, or the means to contact my parents. I have a very, very low opinion of the efficacy of the current application of the rule of law.
    - DanBC 13y ago
      > that typically results in the police threatening the reporter, Typically? Really?