Dot-com deterrent?
The Web is helping crime sleuths in some rather intriguing ways. A 39-year-old attorney was killed here in South Florida earlier this month. Police, claiming they had "overwhelming" evidence, eventually zeroed in on a suspect and made their arrest.
Police revealed two key pieces of that evidence yesterday. The first was that the victim's Apple
Did he do it? I'm all for letting a court of law handle the unsettling decision. My point is only that the Internet has evolved into quite the Scooby-Doo caper solver.
Google's YouTube has already led to several arrests and fines for speedsters, gang assaults, and videotaped threats. When someone goes on a shooting rampage or a suicide stunt, how often does the media turn to culprit profile pages on social-networking sites such as Facebook or News Corp.'s
Will we ever get to the point where the Internet is a viable crime deterrent?
Lifecasting -- the art of strapping on a portable camcorder and recording every waking moment -- is more of a novelty these days. What if webcam giants Logitech
Too 1984-ish? Too Big Brother? We may as well implant tracking chips in us all! I hear you, but if cops know where your iPod has been and where your Google searches have been going, aren't we already halfway there?
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