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  • #16
    Originally posted by Sparko View Post
    You reminded me of my iphone battery which I paid for but they back ordered. So I just called them. I have been on hold for 10 minutes with nobody picking up.
    Jake was barking as I was finishing up that text. GeekSquad was in my driveway, even though they had told me they'd "be leaving in 45 minutes to an hour". Sheeeesh!
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    • #17
      It's kind of funny that I mentioned that thing the other day about them spying on people's photos, because Best Buy is in the news today. Apparently the FBI was paying them to turn in people who had illegal material on their computer (I'm sure you all know what I mean by "illegal material"). The tech community is up in arms over this, and I guess I'm old fashioned, but I think it's good that people who have that sort of crap are getting turned in.
      "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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      • #18
        Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
        It's kind of funny that I mentioned that thing the other day about them spying on people's photos, because Best Buy is in the news today. Apparently the FBI was paying them to turn in people who had illegal material on their computer (I'm sure you all know what I mean by "illegal material"). The tech community is up in arms over this, and I guess I'm old fashioned, but I think it's good that people who have that sort of crap are getting turned in.
        Yeah, that's .... I want kiddie porn perverts to go to jail, but when you allow a company access to your data, there's a certain level of expectation of privacy. That seems like a real 4th Amendment problem.
        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
          Yeah, that's .... I want kiddie porn perverts to go to jail, but when you allow a company access to your data, there's a certain level of expectation of privacy. That seems like a real 4th Amendment problem.
          I guess they were supposed to be doing was turning it in if they just happened to find it but due to the cash reward apparently many of them understandably were hunting for it on their own.

          They shouldn't need a cash reward to motivate them to call the police if they find that though...
          "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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          • #20
            Well they actually did call me back yesterday and set up an appointment next Tuesday to change out the battery. We will see....

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Sparko View Post
              Well they actually did call me back yesterday and set up an appointment next Tuesday to change out the battery. We will see....
              Between 8 and Noon?
              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                Between 8 and Noon?
                at 5:40PM

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                • #23
                  Did you hear the latest?

                  Source: https://gizmodo.com/fbis-use-of-paid-best-buy-informants-goes-deeper-than-w-1823561496


                  FBI's Use of Paid Best Buy Informants Goes Deeper Than We Knew

                  Questions were raised last year about whether FBI agents were actively recruiting technicians at Best Buy’s Geek Squad to search for illegal content on customer devices. According to newly released documents, however, prior reports only scratched the surface: Best Buy’s ties with the FBI appear more complex than once surmised.

                  The existence of the Geek Squad informants was first revealed via the prosecution of a California doctor named Mark Rettenmaier. After Rettenmaier sent his computer to Geek Squad for repair in 2011, technicians working out of a massive Kentucky repair shop discovered thousands of images depicting child abuse on Rettenmaier’s device. Court filings later revealed that there were “eight FBI informants at Geek Squad City,” and a number had received $500 to $1,000 payments in exchange for acting as confidential sources.

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