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Section 1070 California Evidence Code protects sources of information from discovery by the state. It does not protect evidence related to the commission of a crime. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=evid&#...
So much for the 'clever marketing ploy' theory.
No such thing as bad publicity. Imagine gizmodo's ad revenues for today!
An important New Jersey appellate court decision, interpreting New Jersey law, just came down ruling that bloggers are not journalists and are not entitled to the protection afforded by the shield laws. (See the write-up here: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202451742674&No_R... ). Regardless of the legality of this particular search, this confirms that the authorities are likely looking at this as a felony in…
Not surprisingly, Apple was involved that time too.
An important New Jersey appellate court decision, interpreting New Jersey law, just came down ruling that bloggers are not journalists and are not entitled to the protection afforded by the shield laws. (See the write-up here: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202451742674&No_R... ). Regardless of the legality of this particular search, this confirms that the authorities are likely looking at this as a felony in…
This is clearly about finding the person who stole the phone.
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Friendly reminder: Everyone should always have an offsite backup! (one which they've practiced restoring!)
How do you practice a restore on a backup that you don't quite know for sure is a usable backup? That's a big fear of mine. I'm not about to wipe my system clean and hope the test works 100%.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Friendly reminder: Everyone should always have an offsite backup! (one which they've practiced restoring!)
How do you practice a restore on a backup that you don't quite know for sure is a usable backup? That's a big fear of mine. I'm not about to wipe my system clean and hope the test works 100%.
Section 1070 California Evidence Code protects sources of information from discovery by the state. It does not protect evidence related to the commission of a crime. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=evid&#...
Section 1070 California Evidence Code protects sources of information from discovery by the state. It does not protect evidence related to the commission of a crime. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=evid&#...
What crime? The gent who found the phone called Apple repeatedly to give it back and was ignored.
Let this possibly be a lesson. Use encryption. If you're on a mac, go, right now, and tick the FileVault checkbox. Windows users go download TrueCrypt and turn on whole-disc encryption. The law in this country is so complicated that, increasingly, it doesn't matter if you've broken the law or not. I don't side with Gawker. But I do know that if you have years of browsing history lying around, surely there's something…
Section 1070 California Evidence Code protects sources of information from discovery by the state. It does not protect evidence related to the commission of a crime. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=evid&#...
What crime? The gent who found the phone called Apple repeatedly to give it back and was ignored.