Question:
Who accepts copies of a hard drive that contains child pron? Someone says to me “Al, I’m giving you a copy of this drive to keep safe in case something happens to me. It’s got CP on it.” You would normally say no, correct?
It just seems that part of the story, and how freely the info gets passed around and copied… maybe best you give the original to your lawyer and they handle the chain of custody issues.
The whole “We made copies because of the Deep State” is an interesting defense when you get charged with CP possession and copying personal data…