Geek Squad staff 'paid by FBI' to flag illegal imagery

Re:Geek Squad staff 'paid by FBI' to flag illegal imagery by treerock on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @09:41AM (#16536651)

> I wonder if the payout is at the time of the report, or at the time of a conviction or even indictment?

The article suggests the technician was paid even though the charges were dropped.

>It was previously reported that the technician had been paid $500 (£360) by the FBI.

> The charges were dropped in November 2017 when a federal judge ruled that the image flagged by the Geek Squad technician was not sufficient evidence for the FBI to request a search warrant. The judge also ruled that the photograph did not qualify as child abuse imagery.

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Re:Geek Squad staff 'paid by FBI' to flag illegal imagery by GarrisonPrime on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @11:17AM (#16537362)

So, paid just to report anything? Yeah, that's a terrible idea.

I'd imagine this leads to a ton of false alarms.

"Kids running around in the sprinker, their wet swimsuits clinging a little too tenaciously? Report it to the FBI, dude! You could get paid and the feds would be your friends."

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