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For over a decade, the FBI had been paying employees of Best Buy's Geek Squad to pass on information about illegal materials on customer devices sent in for repair, according to records obtained through the Freedom of Information lawsuit filed last year.

At no point did the FBI get warrants based on probable cause before Geek Squad informants conducted these searches. Nor are these cases the result of Best Buy employees happening across potential illegal content on a device and alerting authorities. -EFF.org

Records posted Tuesday by the Electronic Frontier Foundation reveal that federal agents from the FBI's Louisville division had been paying Geek Squad informants for information that might kick off investigations related to their "Computer Intrusion and Cyber Crime" program, according to the documents.

The documents released to EFF show that Best Buy officials have enjoyed a particularly close relationship with the agency for at least 10 years. For example, an FBI memo from September 2008 details how Best Buy hosted a meeting of the agency’s “Cyber Working Group” at the company’s Kentucky repair facility.

The memo and a related email show that Geek Squad employees also gave FBI officials a tour of the facility before their meeting and makes clear that the law enforcement agency’s Louisville Division “has maintained close liaison with the Geek Squad’s management in an effort to glean case initiations and to support the division’s Computer Intrusion and Cyber Crime programs.” -EFF

... After several years of coordinating efforts, the FBI developed a process for following up on Geek Squad leads. After an employee had identified material thought to be illegal, the FBI would show up, review the suspected content, seize the computer or hard drive, and send it to another FBI field office close to where the owner of the device lived. From that point, field agents would then investigate further, and in some cases, attempt to obtain a warrant to search the device (after the device had been searched).

Some of these reports indicate that the FBI treated Geek Squad employees as informants, identifying them as “CHS,” which is shorthand for confidential human sources. In other cases, the FBI identifies the initial calls as coming from Best Buy employees, raising questions as to whether certain employees had different relationships with the FBI.

In the case of the investigation into Rettenmaier’s computers, the documents released to EFF do not appear to have been made public in that prosecution. These raise additional questions about the level of cooperation between the company and law enforcement. -EFF

After CBS Security editor Zack Whittaker contacted Best Buy, they offered this lengthy reply:

"As we said more than a year ago, our Geek Squad repair employees discover what appears to be child pornography on customers' computers nearly 100 times a year. Our employees do not search for this material; they inadvertently discover it when attempting to confirm we have recovered lost customer data.

We have a moral and, in more than 20 states, a legal obligation to report these findings to law enforcement. We share this policy with our customers in writing before we begin any repair.

As a company, we have not sought or received training from law enforcement in how to search for child pornography. Our policies prohibit employees from doing anything other than what is necessary to solve the customer's problem. In the wake of these allegations, we have redoubled our efforts to train employees on what to do -- and not do -- in these circumstances.

We have learned that four employees may have received payment after turning over alleged child pornography to the FBI. Any decision to accept payment was in very poor judgement and inconsistent with our training and policies. Three of these employees are no longer with the company and the fourth has been reprimanded and reassigned."

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Originally posted by THGRRI:

I am referencing this thread, http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=62024, because SIG more times than not, sources her information that she posts here from zerohedge. She stupidly defends this as a reputable source. Something she does with other unreliable sources. As she continues to do so, I will reference this thread to remind all she posts from this and other corrupted sources. Sources designed to create havoc rather than inform.

Below are the names of those behind zero hedge. Don't miss what I've highlighted in red below. This folks is why comrade troll SIG loves to quote zero hedge.

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Geek Squad's Relationship with FBI Is Cozier Than We Thought

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The point is that I will not engage in a discussion when the source is zerohedge- THUGR

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The point is that I will not engage in a discussion when the source is zerohedge- THUGR

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The point is that you will not engage in discussion, period.

When you're not posting totally baseless opinions and beliefs, you're attacking other posters with totally baseless accusations and assumptions. Son, the evidence indicates that you don't know HOW to discuss! The fact is that you'll use any excuse in the book to avoid discussing things that you disagree with, and your most common dodge is "attacking the source" with "ad hominem" accusations.

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Nope, the point is that you lie and troll on behalf of Russia. That you have been caught lying so many times the honest posters no longer take you seriously. Instead they constantly correct you and call you on it.

You demanding people reply to you as though bullshit and lies deserves an honest discussion is laughable.



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Nope, the point is that you lie and troll on behalf of Russia.- THUGR

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Nope, the point is that you lie and troll on behalf of Russia.- THUGR

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And yet ANOTHER baseless accusation!

LINKS, PLEASE.

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The links that prove you troll on behalf of Putin exist everywhere in the real world threads. Pick one, any one.

It's no different than all the reported information regarding Trumps wrong doings. Some here deal in facts. Because of this they realize Trump is in deep shit. Then there are the trolls who defend and deflect for him, that's you.

You being a Russian troll is not unsubstantiated. Trump being in deep shit due to his own actions in also not unsubstantiated.


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The links that prove you troll on behalf of Putin exist everywhere in the real world- THUGR

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