He's a bloodhound for the digital age. Much the way other dogs can pick up the scent of a fugitive or a cache of cocaine, Bear the labrador can smell the components of electronic media, even a micro-card as small as a fingernail that a suspect could easily hide.
From the article:
The 2-year-old rescue pooch nosed out a thumb drive that humans had failed to find during a search of Fogle's Indiana house in July, several weeks before he agreed to plead guilty to having X-rated images of minors and paying to have sex with teenage girls.
(Score: 3, Informative) by tathra on Thursday August 27 2015, @02:54AM
except for that whole fifth amendment thing. in the US, its unconstitutional to order a person to hand over evidence that incriminates them, which includes passwords and encryption keys. as we all know though, the constitution is merely a relic of the past that gets ignored wholesale these days.
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Thursday August 27 2015, @05:19AM
as we all know though, the constitution is merely a relic of the past that gets ignored wholesale these days.
Indeed. Courts too often 'interpret' (modify, really) the constitution in the way that is most convenient for the government. Furthermore, the government wants people to be ignorant of the concept of jury nullification and will often try to eliminate jurors who are aware. They want to completely strip us of all of our means of stopping government overreach.
(Score: 2) by linuxrocks123 on Thursday August 27 2015, @02:38PM
Thank you for bringing the 5th Amendment issue up. IMHO it is a very interesting legal question. Courts are leaning toward saying the 5th Amendment protects against forced decryption, but there is a split. The split is between a federal circuit court and a state supreme court.