Judge Demands Disclosure of Private Facebook Photos

Dastardly

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Andy Chalk said:
Judge Demands Disclosure of Private Facebook Photos
"Facebook privacy" is not the same or equivalent to legal privacy. Sorry, lady, you done screwed up. It's like the folks that think Constitutional "free speech" is the same as "the ability to say whatever you want on a forum without getting banned."
 

Siege_TF

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The 5th amendment is the same in Canada as the U.S.A. and she should not be forced to disclose photos that the government cannot readily get ashold of any more than revealing a password for a PC that might have incriminating evidence, which was recently ruled to be the case in two trails.

Her lawyer sucks ASS.
 

Halfstache

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Siege_TF said:
The 5th amendment is the same in Canada as the U.S.A. and she should not be forced to disclose photos that the government cannot readily get ashold of any more than revealing a password for a PC that might have incriminating evidence, which was recently ruled to be the case in two trails.

Her lawyer sucks ASS.
That's fine, she can plead the 5th if she wants. All that means is the court would subpoena Facebook for the photos.
 

Slayer_2

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Tried to feel bad for her, realized she's frivolously suing someone. Although it's coincidental how she goes to the university right down the street from me, British Columbia, fuck yeah!
 

DracoSuave

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Halfstache said:
Siege_TF said:
The 5th amendment is the same in Canada as the U.S.A. and she should not be forced to disclose photos that the government cannot readily get ashold of any more than revealing a password for a PC that might have incriminating evidence, which was recently ruled to be the case in two trails.

Her lawyer sucks ASS.
That's fine, she can plead the 5th if she wants. All that means is the court would subpoena Facebook for the photos.
If the court's decided she must give them, it's at that point ain't it?
 

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PSA: When claiming disability when you know you're a fraud, don't be stupid and post pictures on the internet of you doing things you claim you aren't able to do.

No, wait a minute. Please do this. Please do this over and over. You're stupidity will force you to get back to work and stop scamming others by forcing us to pay for your fake disability. There are plenty of people out there that actually need these services to survive. I'd like to shake this idiot's hand. :p
 

Grey Day for Elcia

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Nothing wrong here. They have valid legal reasons for demanding she show them and her reluctance to do so suggests her case may well be based on that of greed and not truth.
 

LetalisK

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Dastardly said:
Andy Chalk said:
Judge Demands Disclosure of Private Facebook Photos
"Facebook privacy" is not the same or equivalent to legal privacy. Sorry, lady, you done screwed up. It's like the folks that think Constitutional "free speech" is the same as "the ability to say whatever you want on a forum without getting banned."
And even if it was, court order frequently trumps legal privacy. After all, that's essentially what a warrant is.
 
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If physical pictures were relevant to another case, the court would have a right to see them (in some cases, the law is kind of sketchy on this point but there is precedent) and I have to say I think I side with the court. Since these photos would show whether or not she is lying, they are relevant to the case.

Do you know what I do when I don't want people to see pictures of me on facebook? I don't put those pictures up.
 

Woodsey

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'Court demands relevant evidence for case that would otherwise remain private.'

Yep, shocking. This is completely different to the instances of US employers demanding the passwords to their employees FB accounts, I don't understand why it's being made out to be a similar violation.
 

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I think it is clear that search of her photos is relevant to the case. There really isn't anything else to argue about.
 

Therumancer

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Hmmm, well in this case I'd think that they should only be able to seize that information during a criminal proceeding, when they have a warrent. This is a civil matter, at least in it's current form.

What's more the nature of claims based on photos like that are ambigious to begin with, just as they are in insurance cases. Unless someone is making a claim of being bed ridden or something, being able to engage in occasional physical activity is more or less meaningless. Photos of the person at their best mean nothing since by definition nobody is taking pictures of themselves (or being snooped) when they are say laying in a fetal position on their bed, wracked with pain.

When it comes to disabillity, being fine 95% of the time is enough to make you unemployable because that 5% of the time means everything to a boss. If you say can't do your job 1 day out of 20 because of some problem whether it's physical or psychological that's enough to be fairly considered disabled since nobody is going to put that person on payroll knowing that, or not fire them due to the problem... excepting cases where it's a "workplace" injury, keeping a job when your disabled is one thing, but finding a new one is differant. For example when I became disabled and my problems started effecting my job it took quite a bit to get rid of me, even when they decided they wanted to.
 

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Akisa said:
CardinalPiggles said:
Who needs privacy when you have nothing to hide?

Idiot.
Sure, let me get access to your house and bank account to make sure you're not doing anything illegal.
That's not privacy, it's security. The right to not look like an ass in front of strangers is different to the right to not have your money stolen.