Apple Store Artist Raided By Secret Service

An anonymous reader writes "Artist Kyle McDonald wanted to create something that captured people's expressions as they stared at computers. So the 25-year-old artist installed a program on computers in two New York Apple Store locations that would automatically take a photo every minute of whoever was standing in front of the computer. McDonald then uploaded the photos to his Tumblr blog, 'People Staring at Computers,' made a video with the photographs, and set up 'an exhibition' at the Apple stores to show what he had found. Within days, the Secret Service, which investigates computer crimes, had raided McDonald's house, seizing his two laptops, two flash drives and iPod."

Re:Secret Service??!?

[Joce640k]

Installing kitchens is a crime now??? I"d better call my cousin and warn him!

Re:What the fuck is a "Tumblr blog"?

[Anonymous Coward]

You don't care enough to type a 6 letter query into google and wait less than a second for an answer, but you do care enough to type a 173 character post complete with an f-bomb into Slashdot, to which a useful reply might possibly come up in minutes, hours, or even not at all?

Spying on Apple customers?

[Sponge Bath]

How dare he? That's Steve's job. Blessed be the name of the Steve.