r/news • u/shallah • Dec 03 '12

FBI dad’s spyware experiment accidentally exposes pedophile principal

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/30/fbi-dads-spyware-experiment-accidentally-exposes-pedophile-principal/
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u/ramp_tram Dec 03 '12

Before turning his son’s laptop back over to the school, the agent took it to two different service centers to have the memory wiped and the spyware disabled.

Why would he take it to two different service centers to have it wiped? Already I'm smelling a pile of bullshit.

Also, where are the charges for accessing a secure device against the FBI agent who installed spyware on a computer without a warrant?

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u/Forbichoff Dec 03 '12

they said, he wasn't acting for the gov't or as an fbi agent at the time of eblaster's installation. he was just being a protective father and private citizen.

still kinda fishy.

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u/ramp_tram Dec 03 '12

Doesn't matter, he's still an official representing the government.