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TalkingDog

(9,001 posts)
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 12:01 PM Dec 2015

Yeah... this will never be misused for political harassement or gain.

Porn Dogs Sniff Out Child Predators
http://www.khou.com/story/news/investigations/2015/12/22/porn-dog-sniff-out-child-predators/77792064

"There are only a couple of these canine detectives in the country. They are specially trained to sniff out an adhesive found in electronic storage devices, such as thumb drives, hard drives and tiny SD cars..." (sic)

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Yeah... this will never be misused for political harassement or gain. (Original Post) TalkingDog Dec 2015 OP
Thumbdrives and SD cards? yellowcanine Dec 2015 #1
I can see it now... NV Whino Dec 2015 #2
As long as a proper warrant is obtain, I have no problem Purveyor Dec 2015 #3
I don't believe this for a second. frizzled Dec 2015 #4
Gold Star! TalkingDog Dec 2015 #6
Cops salready signal their drug dogs to alert falsely just so they can conduct warrantless searches. tblue37 Dec 2015 #8
magic dogs can sniff out if you or someone you know has committed a crime saturnsring Dec 2015 #5
When everything from a smart phone on up has one of these in it. hobbit709 Dec 2015 #7
I heard about this awhile ago tammywammy Dec 2015 #9

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
1. Thumbdrives and SD cards?
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 12:17 PM
Dec 2015

Those things are everywhere. Doesn't seem to me to be very useful to have a dog which can detect them.

 

frizzled

(509 posts)
4. I don't believe this for a second.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 12:21 PM
Dec 2015

The dogs are most likely an excuse to search anywhere they damn well like.

tblue37

(65,409 posts)
8. Cops salready signal their drug dogs to alert falsely just so they can conduct warrantless searches.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 12:38 PM
Dec 2015
 

saturnsring

(1,832 posts)
5. magic dogs can sniff out if you or someone you know has committed a crime
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 12:26 PM
Dec 2015

if the dog barks at you the police can arrest and interrogate you until you confess or turn in someone you know

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
7. When everything from a smart phone on up has one of these in it.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 12:29 PM
Dec 2015

And anyone with half a lick of sense would have the data encrypted.

I would leave a SD card with a million copies of a FUCK YOU image on it for them to find.

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
9. I heard about this awhile ago
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 12:48 PM
Dec 2015

A dog was used to find the incriminating thumb drive Jared Fogle had hidden in his house.

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