Boston College Campus Police: "Using Prompt Commands" May Be a Sign of Criminal Activity
by Matt Zimmerman
On Friday, EFF and the law firm of Fish and Richardson filed an emergency motion to quash [pdf] and for the return of seized property on behalf of a Boston College computer science student whose computers, cell phone, and other property were seized as part of an investigation into who sent an e-mail to a school mailing list identifying another student as gay. The problem? Not only is there no indication that any crime was committed, the investigating officer argued that the computer expertise of the student itself supported a finding of probable cause to seize the student's property.
The warrant application [pdf] cites the following allegedly suspicious behavior:
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On Friday, EFF and the law firm of Fish and Richardson filed an emergency motion to quash [pdf] and for the return of seized property on behalf of a Boston College computer science student whose computers, cell phone, and other property were seized as part of an investigation into who sent an e-mail to a school mailing list identifying another student as gay. The problem? Not only is there no indication that any crime was committed, the investigating officer argued that the computer expertise of the student itself supported a finding of probable cause to seize the student's property.
The warrant application [pdf] cites the following allegedly suspicious behavior:
It's recommended that you visit the original article for this post at the Electronic Frontier Foundation so you can view the PDF links and image citations directly.
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Got comments? Email me, dammit!
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