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Looking For Trouble: An Exploration Of How To Regulate Digital Searches, Eric Yeager
Looking For Trouble: An Exploration Of How To Regulate Digital Searches, Eric Yeager
Vanderbilt Law Review
Imagine that the cybercrime division of a local police force receives a report of fraudulent credit card purchases, and after linking subpoenaed credit card records to a particular shipping address, officers obtain a warrant to search the computer of the resident for evidence of identity theft and fraud. During a preliminary search of the suspect's hard drive, the investigators discover a folder marked "preteen porno pix" filled entirely with picture and video files. Knowing that the evidence they are looking for is almost certainly contained within a text file, they have little reason to believe that opening this folder will …