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I'm not seeking legal advice, just a sampling of what others would do.
A friend (call him Rolf) owns a small shop for computer sales/repairs and is doing OK. The other day one of his first customers came in with a laptop she says a "friend gave my son." but that had some trouble with Windows Media Viewer. Rolf got permission to bypass the password (on paper) did his registry magic and got the machine up to snuff.
But
The folder that opened up (automatically when he opened the program) had - wait for it - pictures of thousands of dollars and drug paraphernalia on a table with teens smoking what appeared to be large doobies and white powder on the table and - well you get it. The folder was named "from my camera." He doesn't know the kids in the pics, but it seems they are from nearby.
Ahh - the subtleties of the moral dilemma. Rolf's partner claimed that he was under a legal compunction to report the contents to the police (misprision of a felony and all that). So he did. The police told him it would be better not to tell the mom. But he did. Now there is smelly brown stuff spattered all over the place.
Would you have reported to the police?
Would you have clued in the mother? (Granted that since she thought nothing of a $1,500 gift to her adolescent son, she is in serious need of a clue.)
A friend (call him Rolf) owns a small shop for computer sales/repairs and is doing OK. The other day one of his first customers came in with a laptop she says a "friend gave my son." but that had some trouble with Windows Media Viewer. Rolf got permission to bypass the password (on paper) did his registry magic and got the machine up to snuff.
But
The folder that opened up (automatically when he opened the program) had - wait for it - pictures of thousands of dollars and drug paraphernalia on a table with teens smoking what appeared to be large doobies and white powder on the table and - well you get it. The folder was named "from my camera." He doesn't know the kids in the pics, but it seems they are from nearby.
Ahh - the subtleties of the moral dilemma. Rolf's partner claimed that he was under a legal compunction to report the contents to the police (misprision of a felony and all that). So he did. The police told him it would be better not to tell the mom. But he did. Now there is smelly brown stuff spattered all over the place.
Would you have reported to the police?
Would you have clued in the mother? (Granted that since she thought nothing of a $1,500 gift to her adolescent son, she is in serious need of a clue.)