The Police WERE looking for me. They were asking questions about me last week, while confiscating a hard drive from one of my test machines. Now they have found me. There is a strong possibilitiy that I will have to go to court.
Simply put, the store in which he brought his computer for repair was ours. I was the one who signed the machine in. While I was on my day off, one of my coworkers used my test machine to back up some files specified by the client (he specifically asked for a particular folder to be backed up). It was then during this process that the offending material was found. The police then took the test hard drive AND the client's computer.
As for the Anti-American essay that I mentioned, that was from a different computer, and not related to this case.
Yes, it is very likely that I will have to go to court. As I was the one who signed the machine in, I will most likely be called upon to establish that the defendant signed the offending unit in to our store.
Wow.
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The guy's name is Ian Mole. Perhaps he is Adrian Mole's secret brother...
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Hey, at least you'll get to help put that sick fuck away for quite a while.
And on a more positive note, you'll also get to finish that essay. B)
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The Police WERE looking for me. They were asking questions about me last week, while confiscating a hard drive from one of my test machines. Now they have found me. There is a strong possibilitiy that I will have to go to court.
Simply put, the store in which he brought his computer for repair was ours. I was the one who signed the machine in. While I was on my day off, one of my coworkers used my test machine to back up some files specified by the client (he specifically asked for a particular folder to be backed up). It was then during this process that the offending material was found. The police then took the test hard drive AND the client's computer.
As for the Anti-American essay that I mentioned, that was from a different computer, and not related to this case.
Yes, it is very likely that I will have to go to court. As I was the one who signed the machine in, I will most likely be called upon to establish that the defendant signed the offending unit in to our store.
Wow.
sometimes i kinda worry about that myself. my screen saver is set to my pictures and, naturally i got some porn with the normal stuff, almost entirely lesbian pictures that reminds me of ex-girls friends (and people i knew who i had crushes with but not the balls to ask them, at the time) i used to date in high school and all thru my 20's.
bu what shocked me about that article was the pervert's age: 20. dude, all the MAMBA members that have gotten arrested have been middle aged, mostly. WTF is a young pup doing with kitty porn?
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Glad to hear it's not the FBI that's going after you!
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"bu what shocked me about that article was the pervert's age: 20. dude, all the MAMBA members that have gotten arrested have been middle aged, mostly. WTF is a young pup doing with kitty porn?"
I think you mean "NAMBLA"?
And, as for the age, there was an incident at my job of someone downloading kiddy porn at work. The guy who allegedly (saving myself from slander accusations there, I guess) did it was, I think, seventeen.
Y'know, I really don't understand how people can be so stupid as to have that sort of thing on their computer and take it to be repaired. Don't they ever read the news stories about all the other idiots who did that? Hopefully the directory he asked to have backed up wasn't the actual porn one? That would make him doubly moronic.
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quote:Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: Glad to hear it's not the FBI that's going after you!
Naw, the FBI will be knocking down my door next week. The week after that will be the CIA. And after that, MI6.....
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Be the first on your block to collect the whole set!
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quote:Y'know, I really don't understand how people can be so stupid as to have that sort of thing on their computer and take it to be repaired. Don't they ever read the news stories about all the other idiots who did that? Hopefully the directory he asked to have backed up wasn't the actual porn one? That would make him doubly moronic.
I rather think it's a good thing that these types are stupid enough to get themselves caught. I belive Gary Glitter was caught the same way.
Mind you, one wonders why a computer shop would be looking through their customer's photo collection in the first instance. Unless of course he was really stupid with the filenames.
quote:Originally posted by Pensive's Wetness: [QUOTE]Originally posted by Saltah'na: [qb] bu what shocked me about that article was the pervert's age: 20. dude, all the MAMBA members that have gotten arrested have been middle aged, mostly. WTF is a young pup doing with kitty porn?
I thought that was suprising too - that the age of the accused was only 20. Yeah - most "children predators" you hear of are, or seem to be middle aged.
BTW: Kitty Porn???
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quote:Originally posted by Reverend:
quote:Y'know, I really don't understand how people can be so stupid as to have that sort of thing on their computer and take it to be repaired. Don't they ever read the news stories about all the other idiots who did that? Hopefully the directory he asked to have backed up wasn't the actual porn one? That would make him doubly moronic.
I rather think it's a good thing that these types are stupid enough to get themselves caught. I belive Gary Glitter was caught the same way.
Mind you, one wonders why a computer shop would be looking through their customer's photo collection in the first instance. Unless of course he was really stupid with the filenames.
Yes, he asked for that particular directory to be backed up. Now, normally, we don't observe the filenames being transferred, but we take an occaisional peek of the status to ensure nothing wrong is happening. It was when my associate started noticing strange filenames like fathersonkiddieporn004.jpg being transferred that he flagged down management on this issue.
If he had opted for a full wipe instead of a backup, then we wouldn't have found his secret vice. Customer service at its best.
I wouldn't be surprised if the suspect's mom comes in demanding a refund.
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Well, he'd probably be tried as a minor, which as I understand it means he could be jailed until 18. But then I could have just been watching too much TV.
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