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Wed, 1 Oct 2008

Never talk to the police

This is why talking to the police is a really bad idea, and why I won't do it except to report a crime committed against me or someone very close to me. Even if the gentleman in question had his hardware replaced, he won't have got his data back - and without the data, his computer is useless. He can't even restore from backups, as you can bet they stole those too.

And he also now has jackbooted thugs trawling through all his personal information - his email, his online purchases, his porn, everything. These are the same idiots who he already knows sell private information on ebay. Joy!

OK, so this almost certainly didn't happen, because it originated in The Sun, but it's so believable and the principle of never talking to the police holds.

Posted at 10:17 by David Cantrell
keywords: politics
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I love that they "swooped" on him. What? He told them! What a bunch of dildos.

Posted by Geeklawyer on Wed, 1 Oct 2008 at 11:16:40


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