If a Best Buy technician is a paid FBI informant, are his searches legal?
&gt;“There was no evidence of how the contraband got onto Dr. Rettenmaier’s hard drive,” Riddet wrote, “and it could have gotten there before he possessed the computer or against his will.”<p>Ha ha ha, no mention of his cell phone which contained ~800 images of (fully and partially) nude girls. [1]<p>Another article I saw on this was claiming it wasn&#x27;t child pornography because it wasn&#x27;t depicting a sexual act. While that is true on a technicality, you still have multiple devices with pictures of underage girls. The image found on his computer was of a prepubescent girl, which a choker on, on all fours. [2]<p>I am in computer security. If you allow someone else to access your computer (or your traffic, see: ISP) and they find something, and report it, I don&#x27;t see how that constitutes an illegal search. I had some friends on FB freaking out about this case and the fourth amendment, I am totally fine with it. Good on the Best Buy tech and good on the FBI. This guy had pictures of under age girls on his devices and works in a position of power (gyno doctor). I&#x27;m glad this has come to light and I hope he goes to prison.<p>1. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ibtimes.co.uk&#x2F;fbis-use-best-buy-geek-squad-informants-exposed-long-running-child-porn-probe-1600279" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ibtimes.co.uk&#x2F;fbis-use-best-buy-geek-squad-inform...</a><p>2. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ocweekly.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;best-buy-geek-squad-informant-use-has-fbi-on-defense-in-child-porn-case-7794252" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ocweekly.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;best-buy-geek-squad-informant-u...</a>