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Judge Orders Gizmodo Search Warrant Unsealed
gyrogeerloose writes "The same judge who issued the warrant to search Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's apartment has now ordered it unsealed, ruling against the San Mateo County district attorney's office which had argued that unsealing the documents may compromise the investigation."
You can read the entire affidavit here (PDF). It has a detailed description of the police investigation that led to the seizure of Chen's computers. It turns out Steve Jobs personally requested that the phone be returned, prompting Gizmodo's Brian Lam to try negotiating for a public acknowledgment that the phone was real. Apple was tipped off to the man who found/stole the prototype by his roommate.
Whilst you and your hoodie friends might not realise it, stealing a cell phone *is* a crime.
I'll ignore the "hoodie" part. Let's say that is was stolen even though is WAS NOT, but let's say it was - do you really think all of this police and court attention is warranted for a goddamn cell phone? Over people who really need police help?
PRIORITES, bud.
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At least you understand. Watching how my comment and some of the answers above, it's pretty clear to me that the Apple fanboys consider Apple's property to be more important than public safety and they have no problem with taxpayer money being spent on protecting a company because of some carelessness by one of their employees.
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You obviously want your customers to do the same as much as possible, Steve. I didn't know a man of such importance posted on Slashdot, even anonymously. Perhaps you should establish check-in/checkout procedures in your sekrit laboratory so this won't happen again.
Solution? Asshole student who found the phone goes to prison. Asshole "journalist" who bought a device with the hope that it was stolen and the intent to use it for his own benefit goes to prison. Gawker Media is held liable for civil damages to Apple--likely they go bankrupt because of it.
They're all criminals, they should all pay.
Would you be this vehement if it weren't an Apple prototype?
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
"They're all criminals, they should all pay."
Including Steve Jobs, the guy who created his own 'police force' and raided a guy's house because the guy pissed him off?
Welcome to the new double-plus-good future, where everything is owned by Apple.
If you can read this, I forgot to post anonymously.
and I would say this to gnasher719: "Sucks to be you. You suck Steve Job's dick. Shouldn't have sucked his dick."
What exact "civil damages" would there be, here?
Apple lost the use of one of several hundred test phones for a few days, and one of its employees was embarassed.
But he deserved to be embarassed, because he was a drunken moron who let the source of his income literally fall out of his possession.
The unit itself could probably be valued at a few thousand dollars
The test time lost, a few thousand more dollars. But it could be argued the drunken moron wasn't taking valid data anyway; so unless Apple wants more embarassment, it will not press this in court.
$10-15k isn't going to bankrupt Gizmodo.
Anonymous Liar is more like it. You expect us to believe that you just let the "Police" [sic] blow you off, and the kid's still getting beat and locked in the closet? You're a real coward, or a liar, which is it? Call the District Attorney or the Mayor. The "piece of shit" is typing at your keyboard, pal.
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What if the person you try to return it to refuses to claim it's theirs?
"People who've had valuable items stolen from them are not deserving of the police investigating?
not when someone who has the item is willing to give it back if the person they are tlaking to won't say it's theirs.
oh, and FUCK your morality.
Your morality says it's ok to not confirm something is yours and then waste tax payers money going after the people who tried to give the item back to you.
I think apple is paying people to astroturf this issue. in ANY other situation, this would be a no brainer. say it's your and take your property back. out know, this is Apple so you don't claim it's your and then destroy peoples lives.
really fucking awesome, dickwad
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The only thing newsworthy is how a bunch of people who want to blow Steve Jobs claim that it's ok to not confirm you own something someone is trying to return to you and then destroy their lives for trying to give you back your item.
Please tell me, if I find one of there am I just supposed to assume it's apples and slide it in a mail slot?
http://www.lightinthebox.com/wholesale-HiPhone_c1498?gclid=CICe2-b40qECFQZZbQodAlwyLg
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God you're an ignorant fuck.
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