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kiallmacinnes on Oct 21, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: The City of Seattle Accidentally Gave Me 32M Email...

> Asking for an independent third party verification is reasonable.

Not really, for the same reason they never should have sent the excess data in the first place... Why should he give up his privacy to some 3rd party company to help cover up their mistake?

JorgeGT on Oct 21, 2018 [–]

Plus it opens up dangerous precedence. "Oops, here's some confidential data you never asked for, let me send a couple guys to scan your hard drives".

stephengillie on Oct 21, 2018 | [–]

Corrupt cops do sometimes plant evidence. This isn't much different.

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