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Two words for this guy: encrypted filesystem. If you don't want to testify against youself in court, you shouldn't let your computers do it either.
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10% is more than enough reasonable doubt That's not the correct standard of evidence for the allegations supporting a search warrant. Yes, I am a lawyer.
"That's not the correct standard of evidence for the allegations supporting a search warrant." It would be great if you could explain (to us non lawyers) what did constitute a correct standard of evidence.
http://www.criminal-law-lawyer-source.com/terms/probable-cau...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probable_cause
rather than "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" (which is what is needed for a criminal conviction) and definitely is at a level such that sometimes places are searched or items are seized that never end up resulting in a criminal prosecution. The case mentioned in this thread involved a search warrant affidavit mentioning facts that made reasonable a belief that the items seized should be looked at as possibly related to a crime.
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I actually had a police car drive up to my car when my wife and I were resting during an evening cross-country road trip in what happened to be a bank parking lot. The local police did think it was suspicious for a car with out-of-state plates to be be parked near a bank after banking hours. But we just explained that we had been driving for a long time on the nearby Interstate in very bad weather, and were too tired…
I can only assume you and your wife aren't black folk. If so, you may have had a very different experience.
Two words for this guy: encrypted filesystem. If you don't want to testify against youself in court, you shouldn't let your computers do it either.
What happens if the court subpoenas the contents of the filesystem? If you don't supply the key, don't you go to jail?
"On Nov. 29, Magistrate Judge Jerome J. Niedermeier ruled that compelling Sebastien Boucher, a 30-year-old drywall installer who lives in Vermont, to enter his password into his laptop would violate his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. "If Boucher does know the password, he would be faced with the forbidden trilemma: incriminate himself, lie under oath, or find himself in contempt of court," the judge said.
The government has appealed, and the case is being investigated by a grand jury, said Boucher's attorney, James Boudreau of Boston. He said it would be "inappropriate" to comment while the case is pending. Justice Department officials also declined to comment. "
Has anyone actually read the warrant application? The allegations were made by a close acquaintance of the accused who directly observed him changing grades for students and cracking into other systems; the emails in question were traced back to the accused's hostname. The EFF article completely mischaracterizes a 90% legitimate warrant. http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/inresearchBC/EXHIBIT-A.pdf
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Well, if the bank robbers had left a note with their name and address on it, they would have been justified. D-bag kid's forged emails were traced back to his IP address, which then led to his SMB name and MAC address. It'll be hard to get out of that. Plus, unless I'm mixing up the censor squares, it's his roommate that made the accusation in the first place. So it's not really like they just picked on a random kid…
Is sending a forged e-mail accusing your roommate of being gay illegal? It sounds juvenile and malicious. But I don't see how it's a crime. Anyway, you've misread the warrant application. The forged e-mails were tracked to a dynamic IP address. They searched for anyone else using the same computer name ("bootleg-laptop"), and found that the accused had used the same computer name but NOT the same MAC address six mont…
Has anyone actually read the warrant application? The allegations were made by a close acquaintance of the accused who directly observed him changing grades for students and cracking into other systems; the emails in question were traced back to the accused's hostname. The EFF article completely mischaracterizes a 90% legitimate warrant. http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/inresearchBC/EXHIBIT-A.pdf
I think the popularity of this article has more in common with the popularity of the "how to care for your introvert" article. Basically the group is trying to define itself, and persecution is one of those very common rallying points. People with beautiful and misunderstood introverted abilities are being singled out by the man. If you enjoy this kind of thing there are sites like reddit which are perfect for expres…
It's kind of odd to see the EFF using such linkbait tactics. The comments on this thread are much more informative than the article.
Two words for this guy: encrypted filesystem. If you don't want to testify against youself in court, you shouldn't let your computers do it either.
What happens if the court subpoenas the contents of the filesystem? If you don't supply the key, don't you go to jail?