Apple iPhone prototype Ping!
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Posted on 04/26/2010 1:40:21 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Police search house of Gizmodo blogger, take Mac, cell phone in iPhone leak investigation
FREMONT, Calif. (AP) -- A blogger who posted pictures and details of a lost iPhone prototype has given up his computer, digital camera and cell phone to law enforcement.
A special computer-crime task force made up of different law enforcement agencies searched Gizmodo blogger Jason Chen's house and car, according to a statement and search warrant documents provided by Gizmodo.
The warrant says the computer and other devices may have been used to commit a felony.
Apple did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
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The police got interested in it because there’s apparently a law in California that makes it illegal for what he did ... that’s apparently what is going on there.
I guess he should have checked with his lawyer first before publishing everything ... LOL ...
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F___ Apple!
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F___ Apple!
Ummmm..., that's the "police" who got invovled, because they noticed a violation of California law, being published in a public article... doncha know....
If you want to do a crime... ummmm...., just don't publish it in some big public article, doncha know ... LOL ...
I've heard of police arresting people after talking on TV shows, too... talking about their crimes ... :-)
Apple is being petty about this. The guy could have sold it to anyone that might be a competitor, hacker, er, never mind.
Grow up!
WE all know what is happening here.
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This is a stretch.
We'll see, for how it pans out, but it's apparently not "a stretch" for California law... and I think that's what the police are going on, plus the fact that the guy made a big deal about violating the law in a real big public article. The police get real "testy" about those kinds of things -- if someone "flouts the law" in public and publishes something about how they "got away with it" and/or are on TV... :-)
“Apple is being petty about this. The guy could have sold it to anyone that might be a competitor”
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And judging by current events, should have!
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Grow up!
WE all know what is happening here.
Well, if you do know what's going on, then you'll realize that the police are acting on a probable violation of California law.
Ya know... it just doesn't pay to flout "violating the law" in a big published article (or like some have done before, "going on TV and telling of your crime"). I would advise people that if they're going to do a crime... don't publish an article about it, doncha know ... LOL ...
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Never mind, you’ll never grow up.
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I missed the "got away with it" quote.
A moron lost a phone in a bar. Someone found it and thought it might be worth something to a media outlet. When the lawyers asked for it back, they got it back. Screw the emotions of the LEOs.
If Gizmodo was the NYT, this would not have happened.
Apple is being petty about this. The guy could have sold it to anyone that might be a competitor, hacker, er, never mind.
Check it out, but I don't think you're talking about Apple here, doing this. They may be called upon to give details to the police in order for them to do their investigation to see whether a violation of California law took place -- but I don't think Apple is prompting this.
What you've got going is the police acting on a "public display of a crime being committed" -- and just knowing the police -- that's what they love to nail ... doncha know ...
Must not have had a dog or the cops would have shot it. Just to be safe and sure...
This is really a lot of overkill.
Apple surely knows who took the phone and “misplaced” it in the hands of the blogger. Why no mention of that clown and no raids of Apple employees?
A moron lost a phone in a bar. Someone found it and thought it might be worth something to a media outlet. When the lawyers asked for it back, they got it back. Screw the emotions of the LEOs.
Well, from what I've read in several articles, the police are acting on this because they believe the law was violated and they are investigating right now. They obviously were able to get a judge's order on this based upon the facts that are known. Now we'll see if charges are filed and if they figure that a crime was committed. And they obviously do think that a felony violation of the law happened here.
We'll see how it pans out ...
Never mind, you’ll never grow up.
Well, I think you're the one who needs to "grow up" you see... LOL ...
Police don't get to walk out with equipment like that without a judge's order and judges don't give those orders without probable cause that a crime was committed. And since the guy wrote a big article about the crime being committed, it was real easy for a judge to sign the order...
And with the investigation being done right now... we'll soon find out if they that the felony crime (that they believe did happen) actually did happen from the proof that they dig up in their investigation.
I'm guessing you'll see a prosecution from this crime...
Steve “Hitler” Jobs used his considerable political clout and influence to get the cops to be his stooges. Jobs is a thug. Closed, secretive, and throws temper tantrums when things dont go his way. Apple is everything they accuse Microsoft of being. Apple treats its most loyal fans and customers with contempt.
Well I don’t think they sell powdered donuts for crime scene investigations, at the donuts shops in the area.
So no prints, outlines, etc, no crime.
Maybe. LOL
I think you’ll find cops will always be more than happy to go after a criminal, if they see a crime was committed. Face it, that’s in their DNA, doncha know... no prompting is needed from anyone for them to do that... LOL ...
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