> the court was saying that Absolute went too far in collecting the contents of the communications being made on the stolen computer.
So location tracking and snapping photos of the user is acceptable, but intercepting the users communication content is not. Unfortunate, and poorly decided, but not complete failure.
As usual, the government reserves rights for itself to perform specific acts that it considers criminal when private citizens engage.
The key point seems to be:
> the court was saying that Absolute went too far in collecting the contents of the communications being made on the stolen computer.
So location tracking and snapping photos of the user is acceptable, but intercepting the users communication content is not. Unfortunate, and poorly decided, but not complete failure.
As usual, the government reserves rights for itself to perform specific acts that it considers criminal when private citizens engage.