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Police can search your BitTorrent files without a warrant, judge rules
- A court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ruled on Thursday that authorities can search an individual’s files on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks without a warrant, reports Motherboard.
- According to Judge John W. deGravelles, making files publicly available means a person cannot expect privacy.
- The case at the United States District Court for the Middle District in Baton Rouge involves Justin Landry of Prairieville, who allegedly used BitTorrent
to disperse child pornography.
- Police cracked down on Landry, 36, in 2015 using Torrential Downpour — a software that is sold exclusively to law enforcement — in an undercover operation where he shared explicit images with a Plaquemines Parish detective. Read more (3/10/17 2:30 PM)
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