Monday, April 26, 2010

Gizmodo Editor House Raid by Police

After the exclusive expose of the latest iPhone 4G of Gizmodo. House of Jason Chen, editor of Gizmodo has been raided by California police.

Report said that the police took 4 computers and 2 servers from Chen's house in San Mateo California at the night of April 23rd.

In a search warrant issued by the State of California, they raided the house of Chen because of the 2 reasons:

It was used of committing a felony.
It tends to show that a felony has been committed or that a particular person has committed a felony.

Gawker Media Inc. issued a reaction and statement that the said search warrant was illegal because Chen is a journalist. Since Chen is working at home, his workplace is considered his office. The raid in his home is illegal under section 1524(g) of California's Penal Code.

Does Apple behind of the said raid? Well, based on some interesting information we received. The team that broke inside the house Jason Chen are the California Rapid Enforcement Allied computer Team (REACT), Apple provides training, personnel and support from the group.

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