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	Court: Privacy no defense when Circuit City finds child porn

wjbuntz

12-19-2007 2:29 AM

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child porn, circuit city, dvd burner, repair, privacy

wjbuntz says:

You might want to read the entire article if you find this interesting. I really could not clip as much as I wanted or needed to clip.

Idiot for two reasons. One was bringing his drive in and I bet you can guess the other reason.

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When you drop your PC off at Circuit City for a hardware upgrade (and you <EM>do</EM> use Circuit City for all your hardware upgrades, don't you?), you probably don't expect the techs to rummage around your hard drive, dredging up "questionable" files and showing them to law enforcement. But that's exactly what happened to Kenneth Sodomsky in 2004 at a Pennsylvania Circuit City. Now, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania has concluded that the child porn found on Sodomsky's computer by Circuit City techs could in fact be used against him at trial. 
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