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Originally Posted by Catlady
It's not necessary for the computer to have been hacked remotely. Lots of people might have access to your computer and/or your e-reader temporarily (repairman, neighbor, relative, etc.) and download your files to a flash drive. And maybe you did make a copy of a book for one person, and someone got access to that person's files. The number of people who would need to be investigated increases exponentially. Who's paying for all this investigation, what are the privacy rights of all the people in the chain, and is this really a wise allocation of resources?
It is both absurd and wasteful.
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It is wasteful to go after any minor crime. The cost of the investigation always exceeds the value of the items. Shoplifting is a good example. But, for society as a whole, it is much more wasteful to just let such crimes go unchecked. It is the fear of getting caught that is the most important tool.
And, in the case you mentioned, you would tell the police the names of all those that had possible physical access to your PC.
I am also surprised that you leave strangers, like repairmen, unsupervised and all you worry about is that they copy files from your devices, which apparently are not even password-protected?