is it theft if some dumbass leaves it behind

[EmptyTimCup]

Bartender 'threatened with arrest by Google heavies' after tech employee accidentally left top-secret phone at his bar


Mr Barton's friend contacted Google to verify that the phone was indeed a Nexus 4. He returned spooked.

'"Google lost a phone," he told me. "You just got a guy fired... The Google police are coming,"' Mr Barton recounted to Wired.

Google dispatched Brian Katz, global investigations and intelligence manager, to retrieve the phone.

Mr Katz, described as a military-type man, worked as a special agent for the State Department and then as a regional security officer for the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem.

Now he was going after Mr Barton, a bartender.

Mr Barton's friend told him Google security officers threw around terms like 'accessory to a crime' as threats if the phone was not returned.

When Mr Katz showed up at the 500 Club, he reportedly threatened everyone he spoke with by saying he hoped to 'keep them out of trouble' and 'keep the bar out of trouble.'

Eventually, Mr Barton did turn the phone over to Mr Katz. He said the Google security officer offered him a free phone (not the Nexus 4) if he didn't speak to the media about the details of what he saw.

Mr Barton declined and sold photos of the device to Wired.

 

[DEEKAYPEE8569]

Bartender 'threatened with arrest by Google heavies' after tech employee accidentally left top-secret phone at his bar


Mr Barton's friend contacted Google to verify that the phone was indeed a Nexus 4. He returned spooked.

'"Google lost a phone," he told me. "You just got a guy fired... The Google police are coming,"' Mr Barton recounted to Wired.

Google dispatched Brian Katz, global investigations and intelligence manager, to retrieve the phone.

Mr Katz, described as a military-type man, worked as a special agent for the State Department and then as a regional security officer for the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem.

Now he was going after Mr Barton, a bartender.

Mr Barton's friend told him Google security officers threw around terms like 'accessory to a crime' as threats if the phone was not returned.

When Mr Katz showed up at the 500 Club, he reportedly threatened everyone he spoke with by saying he hoped to 'keep them out of trouble' and 'keep the bar out of trouble.'

Eventually, Mr Barton did turn the phone over to Mr Katz. He said the Google security officer offered him a free phone (not the Nexus 4) if he didn't speak to the media about the details of what he saw.

Mr Barton declined and sold photos of the device to Wired.

In response to the article heading; I'd tell the "Google Heavies" to pound sand, eat s**t and bark at the moon. The bartender was doing what was right. Why would he be culpable in a crime?

 

[jetmonkey]

yes

 

[DEEKAYPEE8569]

yes