Reply to post: Re: So what?

Cops use terror powers to lift BBC man's laptop after ISIS interview

Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward

Re: So what?

"Then the police come along and seize that laptop. They now have everything. Your name, your contact details, which groups you advocate for, what you plan to do, everything on the record and everything you and the journalist agreed would be off the record."

Sorry, why exactly would a journalist be storing private confidential informaiton like that on his laptop if its off the record? Laptops can be lost or stolen as well as seized. All the journo needs is a name and mobile number.

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