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Re:LulzSec: 50 Days of Lulz statement by SwellJoe on Saturday June 25, 2011 @09:36PM (#2697139)
Just get someone to make an allegation against them (underage porn, etc), and their computers get seized.

Is that legal in the UK? Because in the US it'd be unconstitutional.

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Re:LulzSec: 50 Days of Lulz statement by redthrowaway on Saturday June 25, 2011 @10:08PM (#2697188)
Unconstitutional doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
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Re:LulzSec: 50 Days of Lulz statement by glassx on Saturday June 25, 2011 @10:02PM (#2697180)
I've seen news about child porn allegations in the UK that usually lead to nowhere in the latest years, mostly because of some credit card issues. I remember it happening with Pete Townshend (from The Who) and Robert Del Naja (from Massive Attack), plus some football player whose name I can't remember.
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Re:LulzSec: 50 Days of Lulz statement by ZoFreX on Sunday June 26, 2011 @07:29AM (#2697836)
In the UK they can seize your computers from your home for creating a public nuisance or wasting police time (they actually did this to a journo a few years back). Oh, and they don't give them back. I mean yeah I think they're supposed to but they don't exactly get around to it quickly.
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