The police will take everything in your home that even tangentially looks like a computer. Cds, usb sticks, cameras, networking equipment, even things like monitors that can’t store any data have all been taken.
The reason seems to be, in part, that they often get to keep the stuff as part of any plea deal and can, and do, use it to equip their computer crime labs with better equipment.
This has been happening since the operation Sundevil days where it was documented in Bruce Sterling’s The Hacker Crackdown.
The reason seems to be, in part, that they often get to keep the stuff as part of any plea deal and can, and do, use it to equip their computer crime labs with better equipment.
This has been happening since the operation Sundevil days where it was documented in Bruce Sterling’s The Hacker Crackdown.