Apple's 'princess hacker' really needs to stay away from Idaho cops

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/24/will_cops_raid_cupertino_to_seize_apples_princess_hacker/

By Jasper Hamill
The Register
24th October 2013

Apple has given a job to a "princess hacker" in a move that potentially opens 
the fruity firm up to police raids... that's if its new employee ever visits 
Idaho.

Kristin Paget tweeted pictures of her Apple business card yesterday, which 
clearly showed her bizarre new job title.

But Paget risks attracting the unwanted attention of police, because a US 
district court has ruled that anyone calling themselves a "hacker" forfeits 
their Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and property 
seizures.

An Idaho court decided that a software developer's computer could be seized 
without warning, simply because he admitted that he likes "hacking things and 
[doesn't] want to stop".

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