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Apple Investigators Posed as Police in New Lost iPhone Prototype Search?

cere said:
You need to visit the AI forums and look up a certain jragosta (anyone from the old mac advocacy on usenet will remember good old joe-embarrassed all the old time Mac users back in the day). He's already excusing this as being a 'rogue' employee and Apple is not to blame.
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MR > AI
:p
 
ArcaneDevice said:
Corporate investigators can be left to do whatever is necessary to get results.

If the company didn't directly authorize an action then they are not at fault. They just have to not care that much how results are obtained for investigators to have the leeway to do anything.
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guess again.
 
Sergio is going to end up with a lot more than $300. A private band of security goons misrepresent themselves as police to gain entry to your private residence and use this same misrepresentation of intimidation (immigration hints) to gain consent to search your home and vehicle and computer. Every law firm in Cali is calling this right now...

Tony done messed up.
 
Gasu E. said:
Here is what we are expected to believe:

1. An Apple employee left a valuable prototype in a bar... again.

2. Someone showed up at a guy's door, said "Hey Sergio, we're from the police, let us search your place"... and he just let them in.

3. A retired, 26-year veteran cop, either a. doesn't know that impersonating a police officer is a felony, or b. does know, but was stupid enough to leave his real name and phone number as evidence.

I could easily believe 1 of those... maybe 2, after a few drinks. But all 3? Something isn't right with this story.
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It's surprising that it took 6 pages for someone to point out that no one knows what the hell is going on right now.
 
Mr. Pink said:
If taken to court, it would have to be proven that they impersonated law enforcement, which would be nearly impossible as this situation seems to be a lot of hearsay, which is often impermissable in court.



Enjoy.
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except it all falls into an exception which would let it in.
 
So good!

In other news, Hollywood writing a script for an upcoming movie about Apple's lost treasures. LOL, this is getting so good. Hold on, let me go grab some pop-corn!
 
Daremo said:
Why on earth, would you allow ANYONE to search your home, without a proper warrant?
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It sounds like one occupant of the house was a legal citizen, others legal immigrants. They might not have been legal and it might also be that none of the occupants speak English well enough to really argue.

I work at a place that hires legal aliens, they are all afraid of the police. Most of them fear being deported so much they will not argue with police or even report a crime if their house is broken into or car is stolen.
 
Arnold....have you tried looking up any info on the accuser? Sergio Calderón?

Since you are smearing the Apple employee, I assumed you also looked into Sergio (since that is the person who is telling this whole story) but didn't come up with anything?
 
Anthony Colon

Picture of Anthony Colon

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I imagine there's a tight line to walk between what's illegal and legal and the ex-cop knew exactly what to say/do to get what he wanted without breaking any laws. Pretty sketchy any way you want to look at it though.

Don't understand why this guy would let anyone, be it SFPD or otherwise, take a step into his home without a warrant.
 
Macopotamus said:
I find it hard to believe because I think Apple learned from the first instance and doesn't just hand out iPhone prototypes willy-nilly anymore.
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If the new model really is due out in October, then there could easily be hundreds of them already being used by carrier field testers across the country.

And yes, going into bars is one of the signal tests.

However, this smacks of being another Apple employee goofup, not a carrier one.
 
Apple security...sound like guys who could organise a tragic car 'accident' on a lonely mountain road !!

Thanks to Apple, 2011 feels more like...'1984' !
 
kdarling said:
If the new model really is due out in October, then there could easily be hundreds of them already being used by carrier field testers across the country.

And yes, going into bars is one of the signal tests.

However, this smacks of being another Apple employee goofup, not a carrier one.
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If the the part of Anthony and the goon squad are true, it would seem like multiple Apple employees goofed up.
 
Arcus said:
He doesnt look 26
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He has 26 years of experience as a cop... Though some people argue that cops is a bunch of cry babies, I don't think they hire them at the maternity wards.

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Isn't this, by the way, what the tea party movement wants, when the say less government, more private enterprise?
 
Do all field testers at Apple have a drinking problem, this is #2 isn't it ?
Imagine the guy causing a dui injury accident coming back home...
 
bearbear said:
I imagine there's a tight line to walk between what's illegal and legal and the ex-cop knew exactly what to say/do to get what he wanted without breaking any laws. Pretty sketchy any way you want to look at it though.

Don't understand why this guy would let anyone, be it SFPD or otherwise, take a step into his home without a warrant.
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Maybe he had nothing to hide and didnt wang those Apple A holes harrasing him.
 
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