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40hz:
Or perhaps this was part of an effort to stop kids at the college from boasting about illegal drinking.
-mouser (November 29, 2009, 03:20 PM)
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Bingo! :Thmbsup:
I'm guessing the local police were under pressure to "do something" about underage drinking in their jurisdiction, and one enterprising officer came up with the idea of using Facebook to identify someone to serve as an example.
I'm also sure that (as you noted) there were additional factors at play in this case. The entire thing smacks of "payback" doesn't it? ;D
Gothi[c]:
Police may need a warrant or probable cause on paper, but we all know that they do whatever they want anyway :)
Add this to the list: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/01/1919243/Sprint-Revealed-Customer-GPS-Data-8-Million-Times
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