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Originally Posted by andygrif
You have the right to remain silent, but exercising this right might be used against you in court.
Which is exactly what you would be if the beak asked you who was using the computer in question and you refused to answer.
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Wrong it's anything you say may be used against you in a court of law!
However if the police turn up and question you and you refuse to say anything then yes no doubt the courts will see this as a sign of guilt and it will be used against you. The best thing is to give a brief statment saying you are the owner but you are not the sole user of the device and tell them who else uses it the more the better then refuse to comment further as anything you may say may be used against you. Not much they can do about it apart from keeping your beloved pc!
Unless they have evidence that shows it was you using the machine at the time any crime took place!
Just because your the owner of the pc does not mean you can be held responsible, I work for a local authority and I actually deal with installations and networking within schools and colleges. Recently a computer was used to download and print off child porn, we did not keep records which showed which student used what machine and at what time because the college simply used a default username and password so it could have been anyone. Of course it was reported to CID who came and removed the PC for testing but the college is not held responsible but the user which they did actually in the end find out who it was.
As we were told by the police you would be surprised how many people use public machines to commit these types of crimes as they think they can't be traced. (colleges, internet cafes and even the libraries etc...)
There is not one law for them and another for the general public. But don't be fooled more and more people are getting caught at it these days so watch out!