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Apple Store Artist Raided By Secret Service
An anonymous reader writes "Artist Kyle McDonald wanted to create something that captured people's expressions as they stared at computers. So the 25-year-old artist installed a program on computers in two New York Apple Store locations that would automatically take a photo every minute of whoever was standing in front of the computer. McDonald then uploaded the photos to his Tumblr blog, 'People Staring at Computers,' made a video with the photographs, and set up 'an exhibition' at the Apple stores to show what he had found. Within days, the Secret Service, which investigates computer crimes, had raided McDonald's house, seizing his two laptops, two flash drives and iPod."
"it was the installation of some software that was the problem."
I dont remember the secret service raiding SONY for their root kits they installed on who knows how many computers with out getting permission.
The US Federal Government... The Best Politicians Money Can Buy.
A better question is, where was the secret service when Sony was caught installing rootkits en masse?
Doing what their bosses paid them to do - look, (long and hard), the other way. Laws are for protecting corporations, not real citizens, you whiny elitist commie.