Forensic data mining!
Here's another precedent for the police and authorities to play hob with.
MySpace profile used to target rape & robbery suspects
Check link below...
CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/25/my.space.ap/index.html
With Google's & Yahoo's cooperation with the Chinese authorities and western authorities keep pushing the same envelope, these sort of precedences give more and more wieght to the, paranoid, 'Homeland' attitude that insists that information on internet users should be supplied on demand.
And while I think it's a good thing that such methods may be used to target criminals I'm not in too much of a hurry to see this technique used by the police & authorities to target criminals and 'terrorists'.
After all, the police have been using the 'foolproof' fingerprint technology to jail innocent people for years.
Check link below....
Science Daily:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050913124509.htm
The same can be said of dna testing. You doubt? Just copy & paste the following into a search engine: "faulty dna evidence".
And it's not a 'dead' issue.
Check link below....
Chron.com:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3739974.html
I have little or no confidence in the police authorities that not only cannot use forensic technology, but falsify forensic test results to suit their political, zenophobic or career agendas, or worse just for the case of expediency.
Until the authorities can use forensic technology responsibly I am in no hurry to see them add another tool to impringe on our legal, civil rights.
MySpace profile used to target rape & robbery suspects
Check link below...
CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/25/my.space.ap/index.html
With Google's & Yahoo's cooperation with the Chinese authorities and western authorities keep pushing the same envelope, these sort of precedences give more and more wieght to the, paranoid, 'Homeland' attitude that insists that information on internet users should be supplied on demand.
And while I think it's a good thing that such methods may be used to target criminals I'm not in too much of a hurry to see this technique used by the police & authorities to target criminals and 'terrorists'.
After all, the police have been using the 'foolproof' fingerprint technology to jail innocent people for years.
Check link below....
Science Daily:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050913124509.htm
The same can be said of dna testing. You doubt? Just copy & paste the following into a search engine: "faulty dna evidence".
And it's not a 'dead' issue.
Check link below....
Chron.com:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3739974.html
I have little or no confidence in the police authorities that not only cannot use forensic technology, but falsify forensic test results to suit their political, zenophobic or career agendas, or worse just for the case of expediency.
Until the authorities can use forensic technology responsibly I am in no hurry to see them add another tool to impringe on our legal, civil rights.