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Post by acangiano » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 3:14 PM UTC

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Post by acangiano » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 3:16 PM UTC

The sad part to me is that you need media attention (albeit new media in this case) for the police department to do their job.

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 3:31 PM UTC

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Post by kickme444 » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 3:31 PM UTC

And the viral ad is now complete! Big win for Hidden.

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Post by brandoncor » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 3:31 PM UTC

acangiano wrote: post #2

The sad part to me is that you need media attention (albeit new media in this case) for the police department to do their job.

If you think about it, it's no different than reporting a bug. You and your team know you should fix it, but there are always more pressing issues on your plate. You probably won't move it to the top of your list until either a large number of users complain or a one user complains very loudly.

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Post by g123g » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 3:33 PM UTC

This being USA, can the thief sue this guy for violating his privacy? Is the violation of privacy for those 3-4 individuals for a month less valuable than the price of Macbook in the eyes of law?

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Post by bittermang » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 3:38 PM UTC

kickme444 wrote: post #4

And the viral ad is now complete! Big win for Hidden.

Right. Now that the model/actor has been arrested by police, he can probably get out of paying the guy.

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Post by andymoe » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 3:40 PM UTC

acangiano wrote: post #2

The sad part to me is that you need media attention (albeit new media in this case) for the police department to do their job.

This is just a laptop but really uncool stuff goes down all the time and there is not a lot the cops can do without a plate number or pictures. My dad's place in Oakland (Well secured warehouse) has had people try to break in five times over the last year and a half. The really fun one was 3 guys on the roof and one guy holding a neighbor kid hostage in the kids van so he would not call the cops. They are looking for pot grows and it happens all the time in Oakland. (They tried to drive their truck through the rollup doors of the neighbors warehouse) Not a damn thing you or a the cops can do except put up some cameras and shoot them if they get in your house.

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Post by zitterbewegung » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 3:41 PM UTC

g123g wrote: post #6

This being USA, can the thief sue this guy for violating his privacy? Is the violation of privacy for those 3-4 individuals for a month less valuable than the price of Macbook in the eyes of law?

IANAL There is a law on the books about privacy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_laws_of_the_United_Stat... Good luck trying to convince a Judge or a court that you should have privacy when you have stolen something...

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Post by biot » Wed, Jun 01, 2011, 3:43 PM UTC

There's a reason the media always mentions the alleged in conjunction with a claimed crime. You know, the whole presumption of innocence thing that some consider important in a free society.