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Re:Uber remotely locked down offices during police raids, sh... by booleandilemma on Monday January 15, 2018 @07:19PM (#16154709)
It also conveniently gives Uber more time to cover up whatever illegal activities they may have been up to.

This is the whole point of why police conduct raids:

...to use the element of surprise to arrest targets that they believe may hide contraband or other evidence, resist arrest, be politically sensitive, or simply be elsewhere during the day.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_raid

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Re:Uber remotely locked down offices during police raids, sh... by dwild on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @11:52AM (#16159612)
How does it give them more time? Shouldn't the goal of seizure is to remove access to something to someone and remove him the capacity to alter evidence?

If he refuses to comply or try to alter the evidence while complying, sure, they are guilty and I'm pretty sure there's a legal process for this situation, but at this point right now if they seized the data, they can no longer alter it.

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Re:Uber remotely locked down offices during police raids, sh... by wilburTheDog on Monday January 15, 2018 @07:34PM (#16154815)
Apparently Ripley doesn't wipe data from the computers. It just locks them. If the authorities have the legal right to seize them and compel Uber to give them access then all it bought Uber was some time to pursue legal remedies.
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