This is not smoke, it's a smoking gun. Protecting employees from child porn and trauma is no doubt a sensitive issue but given the article does not even touch on that this just muddies the waters.
The focus here was on FBI's illegal data collection methods, misleading judges and recruiting operatives in best buy.
These geek squad staff are for all essential purposes FBI operatives and as detailed in the article at one time there were 8 operatives including the manager in a single location! It will be amiss to expect more evidence or 'context' than this.
If the FBI can expend so much energy and time on lowly geek squad how much time do they expend on Facebook, Google, Intel, Amd, Linux, VC Funds, security standards, industry standards. The list goes on. Things are seriously broken but many of us seem to be in a kind of denial quick to think the worst of others while failing to hold ourselves accountable to the same high standards.
There are details missing in the story posted here. For one, the Louisville facility is a large service facility where at least some employees specialize in data recovery. This isn't a case of the whole service department in a BestBuy being deputized.
BestBuy also specificly stated that they do not condone employees accepting payment.
I'm not justifying what is or isn't happening. Just pointing out that there are a lot of holes in the story.
> BestBuy also specificly stated that they do not condone employees accepting payment.
"Do not condone" is different from "you're fired if you do that". BestBuy's position needs to be that it will fire people for this kind of stunt. If nothing else, it's tarnishing the brand's image.
The focus here was on FBI's illegal data collection methods, misleading judges and recruiting operatives in best buy.
These geek squad staff are for all essential purposes FBI operatives and as detailed in the article at one time there were 8 operatives including the manager in a single location! It will be amiss to expect more evidence or 'context' than this.
If the FBI can expend so much energy and time on lowly geek squad how much time do they expend on Facebook, Google, Intel, Amd, Linux, VC Funds, security standards, industry standards. The list goes on. Things are seriously broken but many of us seem to be in a kind of denial quick to think the worst of others while failing to hold ourselves accountable to the same high standards.