Re:Geek Squad staff 'paid by FBI' to flag illegal imagery
by Asooka on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @09:37AM
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As long as the reward is less than the cost of the bag, none. Of course, digital images cost nothing, so there isn't a right price to set. I suppose they could do something like, if one person keeps "finding" the same images, then maybe look into it.
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Re:Geek Squad staff 'paid by FBI' to flag illegal imagery
by _jal on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @09:55AM
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Or, you know, you could have law enforcement maybe not turn the rest of society in to paid snitches. Not everyone wishes to live in a reimplementation of East Germany.
I realize that for many people 'pedophile' is the root password to the Constitution (not my line), but the existence of horrible people should not be an excuse to elevate authoritarians.
Re:Geek Squad staff 'paid by FBI' to flag illegal imagery
by splintercell on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @10:22AM
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> I suppose they could do something like, if one person keeps "finding" the same images, then maybe look into it.
You're still missing an important implication of this, now a real child pornographer's lawyer can get him off by creating enough doubt in Jury's mind that Geek Squad's employees planted the evidence, especially since they are getting paid for it.
In other words, not only there is a risk of innocent people getting arrested and possibly going to jail, there is a risk of guilty people going free.
Re:Geek Squad staff 'paid by FBI' to flag illegal imagery
by loeg on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @10:26AM
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> As long as the reward is less than the cost of the bag, none.
A dime bag by definition retails for $10. $500 < $10. (The cost is reduced by buying in bulk, if you wanted to scale up this scheme.)