Do we get an apology from all the Gizmodo apologists who ran around with pitchforks and torches against Apple?
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To all the people who screamed that Apple was just being an evil corporation when they executed a search warrant:
Hogan's roommate cooperated fully with authorities and assisted them when Hogan and an acquaintance removed several pieces of evidence from his apartment. The evidence, which included a desktop computer, USB flash drive and memory card, and stickers from the iPhone prototype, were found in a church, under a bush, and in a gas station parking lot.
They're not natural born killers, that's for sure. If they killed someone, they'd hide the weapon in a church and just throw the body behind a bush. I've always wondered why most criminals are so stupid sometimes...
How did they find the evidence in these random places? I suppose that Hogan told the police where they were... I can't imagine the police went all CSI and traced it to bushes and churches (!?).
It was mentioned in the affidavit. Warner was the one who went around hiding the evidence. When confronted, he divulged the secret locations. Both Hogan & Warner seem like ultra sketchy people. It's funny that Hogan made the remark "Sucks for him. He lost his phone. Shouldn’t have lost his phone.” when referring to Gary Powell who might lose his job over losing the phone. Hogan & Warner will probably have a felony record stamped on their foreheads for life.
I think we have all had situations where we would have forgotten something if not for someone calling us back as we left or holding onto it and giving it back next time.
It's hard to believe that these guys thought it a good idea to make a couple of thousand dealing with something a company has literally billions invested in the product line.
Sure, that happens all the time. But the usual is then indeed to follow the path back and alert the owner, not to sell off their property.
The way they went about it is stupid, the way it is playing out right now could very well put one of the IT trash sites out of business, and Apple will have made a point.
edit: To all the people who screamed that Apple was just being an evil corporation when they executed a search warrant:
Hogan's roommate cooperated fully with authorities and assisted them when Hogan and an acquaintance removed several pieces of evidence from his apartment. The evidence, which included a desktop computer, USB flash drive and memory card, and stickers from the iPhone prototype, were found in a church, under a bush, and in a gas station parking lot.