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Deleting your browser history could land you in prison
The absence of evidence shouldn’t be viewed as proof of guilt, but tell that to the U.S. federal court—where Khairullozhon Matanov received a 30-month sentence in mid-June, in part for deleting his browser history. Though he wasn’t an accomplice in the Boston bombing, the FBI charged that the friend of the Tsarnaev brothers with obstructing justice by destroying evidence in the case. That evidence includes now-deleted entries in his browser history, along with certain videos.
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Really hammers home how absurd the "nothing to hide" argument against privacy is. How is one supposed to know what evidence would be germane to this still-theoretical investigation? SOX was a response to Enron/WorldCom/Tyco and now it's being used in anti-terrorism cases. How many other laws exist on the books that are so broadly written?
Sarbanes-Oxley was never meant to apply to individuals. This is clear misuse of the law by the prosecutors and idiot judges who are letting them do it.