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: 1) by Francis on Thursday August 27 2015, @06:12AM
The dog is probably picking up on the chemicals that are used to produce silicon chips. The chemicals used to produce plastics are going to be completely different from the ones that are used to produce chips.
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Thursday August 27 2015, @02:57PM
Did you not notice how the silicon chips are entirely enclosed in plastic?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by etherscythe on Thursday August 27 2015, @06:15PM
Hypothetical exercise: drop your average flash drive in water. Leave it submerged for a minute. Does it still work? Doubt it! Air permeates better than water, as well. Smells are going to seep out. And that's assuming there isn't residue on the outside from the factory.
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