Sick? NO this is SICK!

[gunfyter]

The next thing you know the police are viewing the illegal content on your PC that is available through a public network...

That is probable cause.

 

[CA1900]

If we allow the police to search person or property based on very sketchy information we will have very few civil liberties left.

Welcome to Bush's America. Those "civil liberties" you guys keep harping about only make it easier for the "turrrists" to infiltrate America.

 

[gunfyter]

As opposed to the Clinton/Reno Gestapo that kicks in doors in order to capture a 6 year old Cuban boy and return him to his island prison and jailer Fidel Castro....

In the meantime really dangerous illegal aliens take flying lessons in South Florida not far from the site of the gestapo raid...

...and burn down a church with people inside it in Waco... while rolling in Tanks from Ft Hood. Posse Comitatus anyone?

 

[Archie Bunker]

The next thing you know the police are viewing the illegal content on your PC that is available through a public network...

That is probable cause.

I'm betting that the defendent's lawyer will have a field day with this very issue. If it is determined by a judge that the police did not have probable cause to seize the computer, or search its contents (without the defendent's permission), then the evidence is inadmissable....case dismissed, followed by a law suit for violating his 4th amendment rights. Just playing the devil's advocate here.......

 

[gunfyter]

I don't see any question that there was probable cause.... The illegal content was available through a public network. It is the same as if he was broadcasting it over the web with a Web-Cam.

If i set up a web cam and kill someone in front of the camera ... is that not probable cause for the cops to come into my house?

In the end who really cares about that.... The illegal content was either planted there by an intruder or it was not.

I am betting it was planted.

 

[ackattacker]

One more reason to use linux...

Wireless is so insecure it's laughable. Wireless on Windoze is an invitation to disaster. This guy is "probably" guilty, but it would be easy for him to be set up... Ultimately a competent computer expert should be able to tell the difference. It the guy was surfing kiddie porn it will show up in other non-shared places such as his Media Player and internet browser histories.

Word of advice... stay far, far away from Limewire or anything similar. They do bad bad things to your computer.

 

[cocknbull]

President Bush has nothing to do with this! The NSA is not concered with some pilot looking at kiddy porn in HPN. Waco, Texas, enough said!! Based on the information we have no one can say with any certainty if this guys rights were violated. From what I understand of the events it sounds to me like this guy may have had his rights violated. I am sure his attorney will do a fine job.

It will be interesting to see if the FBI tapes into his hard drive to see what sites he visited. I wonder if they will search his home and if he has a desktop at home.

For all of you who do not want any items in a shared folder to be visible when on a network you should change your work group name to something unique. I had a friend who had his money file opened because it was in a shared folder and he lost account numbers and passwords.

 

[coolpilot]

This ain't Mexico where you are guilty until proven innocent...

If George has his way, it soon will be!!

 

[bravodude]

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/Nurnberg_arrest-17Jan07.html
http://westchester.com/Westchester_...n_Child_Pornography_Charges_200701197343.html

Dude

That is an awesome avtar.

 

[Guitar rocker]

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/Nurnberg_arrest-17Jan07.html
http://westchester.com/Westchester_...n_Child_Pornography_Charges_200701197343.html

I second the avatar. Very nice!